"Πέρσης" meaning in Ancient Greek

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    },
    {
      "form": "Πέρση",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
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  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "Perses",
          "Perses"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pér.sɛːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈper.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈper.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pér.sɛːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈper.se̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈper.sis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈper.sis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈper.sis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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    "Perses",
    "Persia (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "Πέρσης"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
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    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
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    "Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek proper nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Old Persian",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Old Persian",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Epic Greek",
    "Ionic Greek",
    "Koine Greek",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "roman": "Persikós",
      "word": "Περσικός"
    },
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      "roman": "Persikḗ",
      "word": "Περσική"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Persís",
      "word": "Περσίς"
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Πέρσης (Pérsis) (plural Πέρσες (Pérses))"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).\nConnected by folk etymology to the verb πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack, ravage, destroy (a city); to slay (a person)”), due to the fact that ancient Greek-Persian relationships involved major military conflicts. This etymology is also found in Homer's Odyssey. This is also the explanation proferred for the name of the Titan, being the embodiment of destruction.",
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      ]
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      "form": "τῶν Περσῶν",
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    {
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        "dual"
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    {
      "form": "τοὺς Πέρσᾱς",
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        "plural"
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        "class"
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      "form": "οἱ Πέρσαι",
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      "form": "τοῦ Πέρσεω",
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν Πέρσαιν",
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      "form": "τοῖσῐ",
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    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐν Πέρσῃσῐ",
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      "form": "toîsini",
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      "form": "τοὺς Πέρσᾱς",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
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      "form": "Πέρσαι",
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      "ipa": "/ˈper.sis/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈper.sis/"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈper.se̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈper.sis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈper.sis/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈper.sis/",
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}