πράσιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πράσον (práson, “leek”) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prá.si.os/ → /ˈpra.si.os/ → /ˈpra.si.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prá.si.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpra.si.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpra.si.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpra.si.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpra.si.os/

Adjective

πράσῐος • (prásĭos) m (feminine πρᾰσίᾱ, neuter πράσῐον); first/second declension

1. alternative form of πράσινος (prásinos, “leek green, light green”)

Inflection

First and second declension of πρᾰ́σῐος; πρᾰσῐ́ᾱ; πρᾰ́σῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πρᾰ́σῐος prắsĭos	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱ prăsĭ́ā	πρᾰ́σῐον prắsĭon		πρᾰσῐ́ω prăsĭ́ō	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱ prăsĭ́ā	πρᾰσῐ́ω prăsĭ́ō		πρᾰ́σῐοι prắsĭoi	πρᾰ́σῐαι prắsĭai	πρᾰ́σῐᾰ prắsĭă
Genitive		πρᾰσῐ́ου prăsĭ́ou	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱς prăsĭ́ās	πρᾰσῐ́ου prăsĭ́ou		πρᾰσῐ́οιν prăsĭ́oin	πρᾰσῐ́αιν prăsĭ́ain	πρᾰσῐ́οιν prăsĭ́oin		πρᾰσῐ́ων prăsĭ́ōn	πρᾰσῐ́ων prăsĭ́ōn	πρᾰσῐ́ων prăsĭ́ōn
Dative		πρᾰσῐ́ῳ prăsĭ́ōi	πρᾰσῐ́ᾳ prăsĭ́āi	πρᾰσῐ́ῳ prăsĭ́ōi		πρᾰσῐ́οιν prăsĭ́oin	πρᾰσῐ́αιν prăsĭ́ain	πρᾰσῐ́οιν prăsĭ́oin		πρᾰσῐ́οις prăsĭ́ois	πρᾰσῐ́αις prăsĭ́ais	πρᾰσῐ́οις prăsĭ́ois
Accusative		πρᾰ́σῐον prắsĭon	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱν prăsĭ́ān	πρᾰ́σῐον prắsĭon		πρᾰσῐ́ω prăsĭ́ō	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱ prăsĭ́ā	πρᾰσῐ́ω prăsĭ́ō		πρᾰσῐ́ους prăsĭ́ous	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱς prăsĭ́ās	πρᾰ́σῐᾰ prắsĭă
Vocative		πρᾰ́σῐε prắsĭe	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱ prăsĭ́ā	πρᾰ́σῐον prắsĭon		πρᾰσῐ́ω prăsĭ́ō	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱ prăsĭ́ā	πρᾰσῐ́ω prăsĭ́ō		πρᾰ́σῐοι prắsĭoi	πρᾰ́σῐαι prắsĭai	πρᾰ́σῐᾰ prắsĭă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πρᾰσῐ́ως prăsĭ́ōs				πρᾰσῐώτερος prăsĭṓteros				πρᾰσῐώτᾰτος prăsĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• →⇒ English: praseo-
• → Latin: prasius
  • → English: prase

Further reading

• “πράσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πράσιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette