πήρα

See also: πῆρα, πείρα, and πυρά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πᾰ́ρη (párē)
• πήρη (pḗrē) — Ionic

Etymology

Unclear, though probably from Pre-Greek; possible connection with Latin pero (“soldier's shoes”).^[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̌ː.raː/ → /ˈpi.ra/ → /ˈpi.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛ̌ː.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe̝.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ra/

Noun

πήρᾱ • (pḗrā) f (genitive πήρᾱς); first declension

1. (rare) bag, haversack, pouch, wallet

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πήρᾱ hē pḗrā	τὼ πήρᾱ tṑ pḗrā	αἱ πῆραι hai pêrai
Genitive	τῆς πήρᾱς tês pḗrās	τοῖν πήραιν toîn pḗrain	τῶν πηρῶν tôn pērôn
Dative	τῇ πήρᾳ têi pḗrāi	τοῖν πήραιν toîn pḗrain	ταῖς πήραις taîs pḗrais
Accusative	τὴν πήρᾱν tḕn pḗrān	τὼ πήρᾱ tṑ pḗrā	τᾱ̀ς πήρᾱς tā̀s pḗrās
Vocative	πήρᾱ pḗrā	πήρᾱ pḗrā	πῆραι pêrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ πήρᾱ; τῆς πήρᾱς (Attic)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πήρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1187

Further reading

• “πήρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πήρα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Verb

πήρα • (píra)

1. first-person singular simple past of παίρνω (paírno)

   In polytonic script: πῆρα