πίσον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
for the seed of the plant:
Etymology
Koine. See Ancient Greek πίσος (písos, “pea”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pí.son/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpi.son/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.son/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.son/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.son/
Noun
πῐ́σον • (pĭ́son) n (genitive πίσου); second declension
(Koine). Quoted by comic poet Alexis (Ἄλεξις c.375‑c.275 BCE)
- pea, pease, seed of the plant Pisum sativum
- (botany) any plant of species Pisum sativum
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πῐ́σον tò pĭ́son |
τὼ πῐ́σω tṑ pĭ́sō |
τᾰ̀ πῐ́σᾰ tằ pĭ́să | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πῐ́σου toû pĭ́sou |
τοῖν πῐ́σοιν toîn pĭ́soin |
τῶν πῐ́σων tôn pĭ́sōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πῐ́σῳ tōî pĭ́sōi |
τοῖν πῐ́σοιν toîn pĭ́soin |
τοῖς πῐ́σοις toîs pĭ́sois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πῐ́σον tò pĭ́son |
τὼ πῐ́σω tṑ pĭ́sō |
τᾰ̀ πῐ́σᾰ tằ pĭ́să | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῐ́σον pĭ́son |
πῐ́σω pĭ́sō |
πῐ́σᾰ pĭ́să | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πίσινος (písinos)
Descendants
- Katharevousa Greek: πίσον n (píson)
- → Latin: pisum n
Further reading
- “πίσον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πίσον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
Etymology
Katharevousa term for botany, as in Koine τὸ πίσον, Ancient Greek πίσος (písos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpison/
- Hyphenation: πί‧σον
Noun
πίσον • (píson) n (plural πίσα)
- (botany) the plant Pisum sativum, pea
Declension
- As in ancient inflection, without dual number.
Hypernyms
- family of ἐλλοβόκαρπα (ελλεβόκαρπα or λεγκουμινώδη (legkouminódi) or χεδρωπά (chedropá) (all neuter plural) “Fabaceae” or “Leguminosae”
Hyponyms
In polytonic script for Katharevousa terms for botany[1]:
- πίσον το ἀρουραίον (píson to arouraíon)
- πίσον το ἥμερον (píson to hḗmeron)
- πίσον το ὑψηλόν (píson to hupsēlón)
References
- ^ Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (21964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia 2nd edition in 15 vols. [1st edition 1930-1950 in 9 volumes] (abbreviations - of authors)