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 • (prásios) 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 prásios	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱ prasíā	πρᾰ́σῐον prásion		πρᾰσῐ́ω prasíō	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱ prasíā	πρᾰσῐ́ω prasíō		πρᾰ́σῐοι prásioi	πρᾰ́σῐαι prásiai	πρᾰ́σῐᾰ prásia
Genitive		πρᾰσῐ́ου prasíou	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱς prasíās	πρᾰσῐ́ου prasíou		πρᾰσῐ́οιν prasíoin	πρᾰσῐ́αιν prasíain	πρᾰσῐ́οιν prasíoin		πρᾰσῐ́ων prasíōn	πρᾰσῐ́ων prasíōn	πρᾰσῐ́ων prasíōn
Dative		πρᾰσῐ́ῳ prasíōi	πρᾰσῐ́ᾳ prasíāi	πρᾰσῐ́ῳ prasíōi		πρᾰσῐ́οιν prasíoin	πρᾰσῐ́αιν prasíain	πρᾰσῐ́οιν prasíoin		πρᾰσῐ́οις prasíois	πρᾰσῐ́αις prasíais	πρᾰσῐ́οις prasíois
Accusative		πρᾰ́σῐον prásion	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱν prasíān	πρᾰ́σῐον prásion		πρᾰσῐ́ω prasíō	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱ prasíā	πρᾰσῐ́ω prasíō		πρᾰσῐ́ους prasíous	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱς prasíās	πρᾰ́σῐᾰ prásia
Vocative		πρᾰ́σῐε prásie	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱ prasíā	πρᾰ́σῐον prásion		πρᾰσῐ́ω prasíō	πρᾰσῐ́ᾱ prasíā	πρᾰσῐ́ω prasíō		πρᾰ́σῐοι prásioi	πρᾰ́σῐαι prásiai	πρᾰ́σῐᾰ prásia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πρᾰσῐ́ως prasíōs				πρᾰσῐώτερος prasiṓteros				πρᾰσῐώτᾰτος prasiṓtatos
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