persea

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek περσέα (perséa).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

persea f (genitive perseae); first declension

  1. kind of sacred tree in Egypt and Persia

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative persea perseae
Genitive perseae perseārum
Dative perseae perseīs
Accusative perseam perseās
Ablative perseā perseīs
Vocative persea perseae

Descendants[edit]

  • Translingual: Persea

References[edit]

  • persea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • persea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.