πράσιον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prá.si.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpra.si.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpra.si.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpra.si.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpra.si.on/
Etymology 1
Adjective
πρᾰ́σῐον • (prắsĭon)
- inflection of πρᾰ́σῐος (prắsĭos):
- masculine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
Etymology 2
From πρᾰ́σον (prắson, “leek”) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).
Noun
πρᾰ́σῐον • (prắsĭon) n (genitive πρᾰσῐ́ου); second declension
- white horehound (Marrubium vulgare)
- Synonyms: ᾰ̓στερίσπα (ăsteríspa), κᾰμηλοπόδῐον (kămēlopódĭon), προπέδιλον (propédilon), φῐλοφᾱρές (phĭlophārés), φῠλλοφερές (phŭllopherés)
- kind of seaweed
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πρᾰ́σῐον tò prắsĭon |
τὼ πρᾰσῐ́ω tṑ prăsĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ πρᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ prắsĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πρᾰσῐ́ου toû prăsĭ́ou |
τοῖν πρᾰσῐ́οιν toîn prăsĭ́oin |
τῶν πρᾰσῐ́ων tôn prăsĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πρᾰσῐ́ῳ tōî prăsĭ́ōi |
τοῖν πρᾰσῐ́οιν toîn prăsĭ́oin |
τοῖς πρᾰσῐ́οις toîs prăsĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πρᾰ́σῐον tò prắsĭon |
τὼ πρᾰσῐ́ω tṑ prăsĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ πρᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ prắsĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πρᾰ́σῐον prắsĭon |
πρᾰσῐ́ω prăsĭ́ō |
πρᾰ́σῐᾰ prắsĭă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον (melămprắsĭon)
Further reading
- “πράσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πράσιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette