περ

See also: πέρ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /per/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛr/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /per/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /per/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /per/

Etymology 1

From περί (perí). Compare περικαλλής (perikallḗs, “very beautiful”), Latin permagnus (“very great”) etc.

Alternative forms

πέρ (pér) – stressed

Particle

περ • (per)

(most common in  Epic and Lyric)

Enclitic particle that follows the word it modifies and adds force to it

Derived terms

εἴπερ (eíper)
ἔνθαπερ (énthaper)
ἐπειδήπερ (epeidḗper)
ἐπείπερ (epeíper)
ἠέπερ (ēéper)
ἤπερ (ḗper)
καίπερ (kaíper)
ὅθιπερ (hóthiper)
ὅσοσπερ (hósosper)
ὅσπερ (hósper)
οὗπερ (hoûper)
ὥσπερ (hṓsper)
ᾗπερ (hêiper)

Etymology 2

See περί (perí).

Preposition

περ • (per) (governs the genitive, dative, and accusative)

Thessalian and Delphic form of περί (perí)

Further reading

περ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
περ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
περ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G4007 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- although idem, page 26.
- however idem, page 408.
- though idem, page 868.

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