prasinus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πρᾰ́σῐνος (prásinos, “leek-green, light green”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpra.si.nus/, [ˈpräs̠ɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpra.si.nus/, [ˈpräːs̬inus]
Adjective edit
prasinus (feminine prasina, neuter prasinum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
See also edit
| 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 |
Noun edit
prasinus m (genitive prasinī); second declension
- (historical, sports) the Greens, the racing faction of the Roman and Constantinopolitan circus clothed in green
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prasinus | prasinī |
| Genitive | prasinī | prasinōrum |
| Dative | prasinō | prasinīs |
| Accusative | prasinum | prasinōs |
| Ablative | prasinō | prasinīs |
| Vocative | prasine | prasinī |
Synonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- 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 edit
- Byzantine Greek: Πράσινοι (Prásinoi)
References edit
- “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