Perseus

Latin from the Ancient Greek Περσεύς (Perseús).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝ.si.əs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː.si.əs/, /ˈpɜː.ʃəs/, /ˈpɜː.sjuːs/

Perseus

1. (Greek mythology) The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was the son of Zeus and Danae.
2. (astronomy) An autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It includes the stars Algenib, Algol, and Mirfak.
3. The last Antigonid king of Macedonia, Perseus of Macedon.

• Persei
• Perseids

• persues, peruses

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Περσεύς (Perseús)

• IPA^(key): /ˈperseus/, [ˈpe̞rs̠e̞us̠]
• Rhymes: -erseus
• Syllabification^(key): Per‧se‧us

Perseus

1. (Greek mythology) Perseus.
2. (astronomy) The constellation Perseus.

From Ancient Greek Περσεύς (Perseús).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.seu̯s/, [ˈpɛrs̠ɛu̯s̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.seu̯s/, [ˈpɛrseu̯s]

Perseus m sg (variously declined, genitive Perseos or Perseī); third declension, second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Perseus.
2. (astronomy) The constellation Perseus.
3. a male given name from Ancient Greek.

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant) or second-declension noun, singular only.

• “Perseus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Perseus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1159.
• “Perseus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray