prasinus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρᾰ́σῐνος (prắsĭnos, “leek-green, green from the middle of the rainbow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpra.sɪ.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpraː.s̬i.nus]

Adjective

prasinus (feminine prasina, neuter prasinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Graecism, fashion, often Late Latin) green, prasine, prasinous

   Synonym: viridis

2. (from the 1st century AD) of the Green racing faction

Usage notes

• In general usage as a color term it is little if any different from viridis, and employed as a fashion term, a carryover Grecism when compiling from Greek material, or as a synonym.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prasinus	prasina	prasinum		prasinī	prasinae	prasina
genitive	prasinī	prasinae	prasinī		prasinōrum	prasinārum	prasinōrum
dative	prasinō	prasinae	prasinō		prasinīs
accusative	prasinum	prasinam	prasinum		prasinōs	prasinās	prasina
ablative	prasinō	prasinā	prasinō		prasinīs
vocative	prasine	prasina	prasinum		prasinī	prasinae	prasina

Descendants

• → English: prasine, prasinous

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)	rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock)	niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic)
ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)	rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses)	lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
viridis, flāvus (poetic)	viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic)	viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
	glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes)	caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic)
violāceus	purpureus (underlying shade)	roseus

Noun

prasinus m (genitive prasinī); second declension

1. (historical, sports) the Greens, the racing faction of the Roman and Constantinopolitan circus clothed in green

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prasinus	prasinī
genitive	prasinī	prasinōrum
dative	prasinō	prasinīs
accusative	prasinum	prasinōs
ablative	prasinō	prasinīs
vocative	prasine	prasinī

Synonyms

• factio prasina

Coordinate terms

• venetus, factio veneta (Blues); russatus, factio russata (Reds); albus, albatus, factio alba, factio albata (Whites); auratus, factio aurata (Golds, rare); purpureus, factio purpurea (Purples, rare)

Descendants

• → Byzantine Greek: Πράσινοι (Prásinoi)

References

• “prasinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prasinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “prasinus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers