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perse

 (pûrs)
adj.
Dark grayish blue or purple.

[Middle English pers, from Old French, from Medieval Latin persus, back-formation from Latin Persicus, Persian, from Greek Persikos, a Persian, from Persēs, a Persian, from Old Persian Pārsa, of Median origin; akin to Old Persian Parthava-, Parthian.]
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perse

(pɜːs)
n
(Colours)
a. a dark greyish-blue colour
b. (as adjective): perse cloth.
[C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin persus, perhaps changed from Latin Persicus Persian]

Perse

(pɜːs; French pɛrs)
n
(Biography) Saint-John (ˈsɪndʒən), real name Alexis Saint-Léger. 1887–1975, French poet, born in Guadeloupe. His works include Anabase (1922) and Chronique (1960). Nobel prize for literature 1960
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per se

(pɜr ˈseɪ, ˈsi, pər)
adv.
by, of, for, or in itself; intrinsically.
[1565–75; < Latin per sē by itself, translation of Greek kath' autó]

Perse

(pɛrs, pɜrs)

n.
St.-John (ˈsɪn dʒən) St.-John Perse.
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References in classic literature ?
Again, Hesiod's story of his relations with his brother Perses have been treated with scepticism (see Murray, "Anc.
Either in Cyme or Ascra, two sons, Hesiod and Perses, were born to the settler, and these, after his death, divided the farm between them.
299 PERSE DION GENOS to PERSE, DION GENOS, was thought to have been Dius) was a native of Cyme in Aeolis, where he was a seafaring trader and, perhaps, also a farmer.
"Thence we sailed sadly on, glad to have escaped death, though we had lost our comrades, and came to the Aeaean island, where Circe lives--a great and cunning goddess who is own sister to the magician Aeetes--for they are both children of the sun by Perse, who is daughter to Oceanus.
Karachi -- The Singapore Sepaktakraw Federation (PERSES) would like to thank the President of SNOC, Mr Tan Chuan Jin and the SNOC Asian Games Selection Committee for the inclusion of Sepaktakraw into the Singapore Asian Games contingent.
After centuries of resource depletion on Earth, salvation has come in the form of Perses, a resource-rich planet coaxed into orbit from its collision course with Earth.
Selon un document d'Arts et culture, [beaucoup moins que] le mugham d'Azerbaidjan reflete les multiples rencontres caucasiennes, perses et turques aghouz qui ont forme le creuset de la culture azerie [beaucoup plus grand que].
Perses poem furnished not a story, but a kind of poetic vision of large-scale change, and a series of characters, constantly in motion, frequently returning like leaves on a whirlwind.
Nectanebo 1er fut l'un des derniers pharaons egyptiens a regner avant la conquete du pays par les Perses, puis par les Grecs qui fonderent la dynastie des Ptolemees avant que l'Egypte soit integree a l'empire romain.
En fait, conclut Reyes, nous comprendrons vraiment la situation politique et economique de Chypre lorsque des etudes archeologiques auront defini les traces que les Assyriens et les Perses ont laisse en Palestine, en Phenicie, et en Syrie puisque l'ile faisait petrie, comme ces regions, du bassin oriental de la Mediterranee et qu'elle entretenait des liens avec ces dernieres sans avoir eu a subir leur domination.
In Hesiod she is the daughter of the Titan Perses and the nymph Asteria and has power over heaven, earth, and sea; hence, she bestows wealth and all the blessings of daily life.
The poem also contains details of a lawsuit brought against Hesiod by his brother Perses. Apparently by bribery of the judges, Perses was awarded Hesiod's sheep, but the diligent Hesiod accumulated another fortune while Perses lost all he had and was forced to beg further help from the poet.