Perseus

Perseus

English

Etymology

Latin from the Ancient Greek Περσεύς (Perseús).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝ.si.əs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː.si.əs/, /ˈpɜː.ʃəs/, /ˈpɜː.sjuːs/

Proper noun

Perseus

1. (Greek mythology) The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was the son of Zeus and Danae.
2. (astronomy) An autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It includes the stars Algenib and Algol.
3. The last Antigonid king of Macedonia, Perseus of Macedon.

Derived terms

• Persei
• Perseids

Translations

mythical Greek warrior

Arabic: بِيرْسِيُوس‎ m (birsiyus) Bulgarian: Персе́й m (Perséj) Catalan: Perseu (ca) m Cherokee: Ꮛ̃ᏏᎥᏍ (quṽsivs) Chinese: Mandarin: 珀爾修斯／珀尔修斯 (Pò'ěrxiūsī) Etruscan: 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌄 (φerse) French: Persée (fr) m Galician: Perseo (gl) Georgian: პერსევსი (ṗersevsi) German: Perseus (de) m Greek: Περσέας (el) m (Perséas), Περσεύς (el) m (Perséfs) Ancient: Περσεύς m (Perseús) Hungarian: Perszeusz Inuktitut: ᐲᕐᓯᐅᔅ (piirsios) Irish: Peirséas m Japanese: ペルセウス (Peruseusu) Korean: 페르세우스 (Pereuse'useu) Polish: Perseusz (pl) m Portuguese: Perseu (pt) m Russian: Персе́й (ru) m (Perséj) Spanish: Perseo (es) m

constellation

Bulgarian: Персе́й m (Perséj) Burmese: ကျီးတာရာ (my) (kyi:tara) Catalan: Perseu (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 英仙座 (jing1 sin1 zo6) Mandarin: 英仙座 (zh) (Yīngxiānzuò) Finnish: Perseus (fi) French: Persée (fr) m Galician: Perseo (gl) German: Perseus (de) m Greek: Περσέας (el) m (Perséas), Περσεύς (el) m (Perséfs) Ancient: Περσεύς m (Perseús) Hungarian: Perszeusz Irish: Peirséas m Kazakh: Персей (Persei) Malay: Juara Manx: Yn Whing f Persian: برساوش‎ (fa) (barsâvoš), سیاوش‎ (fa) (seyâvoš) Polish: Perseusz (pl) m Russian: Персе́й (ru) m (Perséj) Spanish: Perseus

Anagrams

• persues, peruses

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Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Περσεύς (Perseús)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈperseus/, [ˈpe̞rs̠e̞us̠]
• Rhymes: -erseus
• Syllabification^(key): Per‧se‧us

Proper noun

Perseus

1. (Greek mythology) Perseus.
2. (astronomy) The constellation Perseus.

Declension

Inflection of Perseus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		Perseus	—
genitive		Perseuksen	—
partitive		Perseusta	—
illative		Perseukseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Perseus	—
accusative	nom.	Perseus	—
	gen.	Perseuksen
genitive		Perseuksen	—
partitive		Perseusta	—
inessive		Perseuksessa	—
elative		Perseuksesta	—
illative		Perseukseen	—
adessive		Perseuksella	—
ablative		Perseukselta	—
allative		Perseukselle	—
essive		Perseuksena	—
translative		Perseukseksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Perseuksetta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Perseus (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Perseukseni	Perseuksemme
2nd person	Perseuksesi	Perseuksenne
3rd person	Perseuksensa

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Περσεύς (Perseús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.seu̯s/, [ˈpɛrs̠ɛu̯s̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.seu̯s/, [ˈpɛrseu̯s]

Proper noun

Perseus m sg (variously declined, genitive Perseos or Perseī); third declension, second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Perseus.
2. (astronomy) The constellation Perseus.

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant) or second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Perseus
Genitive	Perseos Perseī
Dative	Perseō
Accusative	Persea Perseum
Ablative	Perseō
Vocative	Perseu

References

• “Perseus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Perseus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1159
• “Perseus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray