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
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
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 |
Noun
prasinus m (genitive prasinī); second declension
- (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