πέρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *per-. Compare πέρᾱν (pérān, “across”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pé.raː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ra/

Adverb

πέρᾱ • (pérā)

beyond

Derived terms

περάω (peráō)

Descendants

Greek: πέρα (péra)

References

“πέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πέρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- beyond idem, page 77.
- excessively idem, page 288.
- extravagantly idem, page 298.
- farther idem, page 307.
- further idem, page 350.
- more idem, page 541.
- past idem, page 597.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέρᾱ (pérā).

Adverb

πέρα • (péra)

beyond

Derived terms

εκεί πέρα (ekeí péra, “over there”)
εδώ πέρα (edó péra, “1. here; 2. in that case”)
κάνω πέρα (káno péra, “1. step aside; 2. oust, distance”)
πέρα από κάθε (péra apó káthe, “beyond”)
πέρα βρέχει (péra vréchei)
πέρα δώθε (péra dóthe, “back and forth”)
πέρα για πέρα (péra gia péra, “totally, absolutely”)
πέρα ως πέρα (péra os péra, “totally, absolutely”)
τα βγάζω πέρα (ta vgázo péra, “I manage”)
τα φέρνω πέρα (ta férno péra, “I manage”)

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