Πειραεύς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Πειραιεύς (Peiraieús)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peː.raː.ěu̯s/ → /pi.raˈeɸs/ → /pi.raˈefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /peː.raː.ěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pi.raˈews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pi.raˈeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pi.raˈefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.raˈefs/

Proper noun

Πειρᾱεύς • (Peirāeús) m (genitive Πειρᾱέως or Πειρᾱῶς); third declension

1. Piraeus, Athens, Attica, Greece
2. An inhabitant of Piraeus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Πειρᾱεύς; τοῦ Πειρᾱέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πειρᾱεύς ho Peirāeús
Genitive	τοῦ Πειρᾱέως / Πειρᾱῶς toû Peirāéōs / Peirāôs
Dative	τῷ Πειρᾱεῖ tôi Peirāeî
Accusative	τὸν Πειρᾱέᾱ / Πειρᾱᾶ tòn Peirāéā / Peirāâ
Vocative	Πειρᾱεῦ Peirāeû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. The first form is uncontracted, the second contracted.

Third declension of ὁ Πειρᾱεύς; τοῦ Πειρᾱέως (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πειρᾱεύς ho Peirāeús
Genitive	τοῦ Πειρᾱέως / Πειρᾱῶς toû Peirāéōs / Peirāôs
Dative	τῷ Πειρᾱεῖ tôi Peirāeî
Accusative	τὸν Πειρᾱέᾱ / Πειρᾱᾶ tòn Peirāéā / Peirāâ
Vocative	Πειρᾱεῦ Peirāeû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. The first form is uncontracted, the second contracted.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
• Πειραεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette