prasinus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρᾰ́σῐνος (prắsĭnos, “leek-green, light green”).

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. leek-green, prasine, prasinous

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, 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

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