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Περσικοῦ (Persikou)

Περσικοῦ is an Ancient Greek form of Περσικός, meaning “Persikos — Persian”. It is the genitive singular neuter adjective.

It can also be a form of περσικός, “slippers”.

Found 35 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Agesilaus 15.6: … στρατηγὸν ἄριστον ἐπιδειξάμενος, ἔτι βελτίονα καὶ ἡδίονα τοῖς χρωμένοις ἰδίᾳ φίλον καὶ συνήθη παρέσχε, τοῦ δὲ Περσικοῦ νομίσματος χάραγμα τοξότην ἔχοντος, ἀναζευγνύων ἔφη μυρίοις τοξόταις ὑπὸ βασιλέως ἐξελαύνεσθαι τῆς Ἀσίας· τοσ …

All forms of Περσικός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.