proper noun · femininefirst declension
Persia
Persia f sg (genitive Persiae)
Classical[ˈpɛr.si.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛr.si.a]
Meaning
- femininesingularPersia
Immō ad tē attinent et tuā refert. Nam ex Persiā sunt haec allātae mihi ā meō erō.
Why yes, it bears reference to yourself, and it does relate to you. But it has just now been brought me from Persia, from my master.c. 197 BCE, Plautus, Persa 4.3.28
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Persia | — |
| genitive | Persiae | — |
| dative | Persiae | — |
| accusative | Persiam | — |
| ablative | Persiā | — |
| vocative | Persia | — |
| locative | Persiae | — |
Persĭa, ae, v. Persae, II. A.
Origins
Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/)bor. Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs)bor. Latin Persēs/Persa Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Persia From Persēs/Persa (“Persian man”) + -ia (suffix forming country names), literally “land of the Persians”, with the first element borrowed by Latin from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), itself borrowed from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/).
Elsewhere
- CatalanPèrsia
- EnglishPersia
- GermanPersien
- ItalianPersia
- FrenchPersefrom Middle French Perse
- FrenchPersiefrom Middle French Perse
- OccitanPèrsia
- PortuguesePérsia
- RomanianPersia
- SpanishPersia
Serbo-Croatian
- Cyrillic scriptПѐрзија
- Latin scriptPèrzija