Πέρσ-ης,ου,ὁ, heterocl. acc.Πέρσεα v.l. in Hdt. 8.108 , 109 ; voc.Πέρσᾰ(butΠέρσηwhen it is the pr. n. of a person, Hdn.Gr. 2.690 ):—Persian, Hdt. 1.4 , etc. (The Greeks derived the name of the people from Perseus, Id. 7.61 .)
b. Πέρσαι,οἱ , the city ofPersepolis, Beros. 16 (leg.<καὶ> π.), Arr. An. 3.18.10 ; cf.Περσέπολις.
II. freq. as pr.n.,Perses, Hes. Op. 10 , 27 , Hdt. 7.61 , etc.; name of a Titan, Hes. Th. 409 .
III. the name ofa throw on the dice, Hsch.