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Πειραεύς
Πειραεύς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Πειραιεύς (Peiraieús)
- (4th AD Koine) IPA(key): /piraéɸs/
- (10th AD Byzantine) IPA(key): /piraéps/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piɾaéps/
Proper noun
Πειρᾱεύς • (Peirāeús) m (genitive Πειραῶς); third declension
- Piraeus, Attica, Greece
Inflection
Third declension of Πειρᾱεύς, Πειρᾱῶς (contracted)
Case / # | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | ὁ Πειρᾱεύς |
Genitive | τοῦ Πειρᾱῶς |
Dative | τῷ Πειρᾱεῖ |
Accusative | τὸν Πειρᾱᾶ |
Vocative | Πειρᾱεῦ |
Descendants
The typical Modern Greek form is descended from Πειραιεύς (Peiraieús).
- Arabic: بيرايوس
- Bulgarian: Пирея (Pireja)
- Catalan: Pireu
- Czech: Pireus
- Danish: Piræus
- Dutch: Piraeus
- Estonian: Pireus
- Finnish: Pireus
- French: Pirée
- German: Piräus
- Greek: Πειραεύς (Peiraéfs), Πειραάς (Peiraás)
- Hebrew: פיראוס
- Italian: Pireo
- Japanese: ピレウス
- Latin: Piraeus
- Latvian: Pireja
- Lithuanian: Pirėjas
- Lombard: Piraeus
- Luxembourgish: Piräus
- Norwegian: Pireus
- Polish: Pireus
- Portuguese: Pireu
- Romanian: Pireu
- Russian: Пирей (Pirej)
- Samogitian: Piriejos
- Slovak: Pireus
- Spanish: Pireo
- Swedish: Pireus
- Turkish: Pire
- Ukrainian: Пірей (Pirej)
- Welsh: Piraeus
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022