Definition of Perses

1. perse [n] - See also: perse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perses

persecution complex
persecutions
persecutive
persecutor
persecutors
persecutory
persecutory type of paranoid disorder
persecutour
persecutrices
persecutrix
perseid
perseity
perself
perservere
perses (current term)
perseus
persever
perseverance
perseverance of the saints
perseverances
perseverant
perseverantly
perseverate
perseverated
perseverates
perseverating
perseveration
perseverations
perseverative

Literary usage of Perses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Multitude of Counsellors: Being a Collection of Codes, Precepts and Rules by Josephus Nelson Larned (1901)
"After his father's death he lost his share of his father's property in a lawsuit brought against him by his brother, perses, who obtained a verdict by ..."

2. The Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth by Nathaniel Hooke (1830)
"RO \ tV Year of perses and ^Emilius drew up their men in order of bat- sea. tle; and to elevate their courage, employed all the B- c'167- arguments which ..."

3. Larcher's Notes on Herodotus: Historical and Critical Comments on the by Pierre-Henri Larcher (1844)
"Ixi. be really that of the Persians, viz. that Perseus was the son of Jupiter and Danaë, and that by Andromeda he had perses, who gave his name to the ..."

4. General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent by John Aikin, William Enfield, Nicholson, Thomas Morgan, William Johnston (1799)
"./Emilius followed him, and perses found himself necessitated to put every ... perses fled from place to place, till the isle of Samothrace afforded him an ..."

5. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, Henry Jackson (1876)
"And here I may observe that there seems a special reason for laying so much stress on the victory over perses. The Scipios were renowned alike for high ..."

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