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Persarum

Persarum is a Latin form of Perses, meaning “a Persian; (Perseus, Perses) last king of Macedon”. It is the genitive plural masculine noun.

It can also be a form of permulceo, “stroke, caress; soothe, charm”. It is the perfect passive participle genitive plural feminine.

Found 157 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.76: … e frumentum pervenerit? anno tertio vero in hoc agro consuetudine usus est regia. solere aiunt reges barbaros Persarum ac Syrorum pluris uxores habere, his autem uxoribus civitates attribuere hoc modo: haec civitas mulieri in re …

Plautus, Stichus 1.1.24: neque illé sibi mereat Pérsarum

All forms of Perses (declension table)

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