prasinus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πρᾰ́σῐνος (prásinos, “leek-green, light green”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpra.si.nus/, [ˈpräs̠ɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpra.si.nus/, [ˈpräːs̬inus]
Adjective
prasinus (feminine prasina, neuter prasinum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | prasinus | prasina | prasinum | prasinī | prasinae | prasina | |
Genitive | prasinī | prasinae | prasinī | prasinōrum | prasinārum | prasinōrum | |
Dative | prasinō | prasinō | prasinīs | ||||
Accusative | prasinum | prasinam | prasinum | prasinōs | prasinās | prasina | |
Ablative | prasinō | prasinā | prasinō | prasinīs | |||
Vocative | prasine | prasina | prasinum | prasinī | prasinae | prasina |
Descendants
- English: prasinous
See also
albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
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