περ

See also: πέρ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /per/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /per/
(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)
ᾗπερ (hēîper)
καίπερ (kaíper)
ὅθιπερ (hóthiper)
ὅσοσπερ (hósosper)
ὅσπερ (hósper)
ὅτεπερ (hóteper)
οὗπερ (hoûper)
ὥσπερ (hṓsper)

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, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- although idem, page 26.
- however idem, page 408.
- though idem, page 868.