Perseis

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛrˈseː.ɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [perˈsɛː.is] === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς (Persēḯs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) +‎ -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Perseus”. By surface analysis, Perseus +‎ -is. ==== Proper noun ==== Persēis f sg (genitive Persēidos or Persēidis); third declension Alcmene (grand-daughter of Perseus) the Perseid (poem by Trinacrius) a city in Paeonia, named after Perseus of Macedon ===== Descendants ===== → English: Perseid, Perseis → French: Perséide f ==== Noun ==== Persēis f sg (genitive Persēidos or Persēidis); third declension (Contemporary Latin, astronomy) Perseid (meteor) ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type). 1In poetry. ===== Descendants ===== → English: Perseid → French: Perséide f === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς (Persēḯs), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs) +‎ -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Perses”. By surface analysis, Perses +‎ -is. ==== Proper noun ==== Persēis f sg (genitive Persēidos or Persēidis); third declension Hecate (daughter of Perses) ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type). 1In poetry. ===== Descendants ===== → English: Perseid → French: Perséide f === Further reading === “Perseis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.