prasinus
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾰ́σῐνος (prắsĭnos, “leek-green, green from the middle of the rainbow”).
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
- (Graecism, fashion, often Late Latin) green, prasine, prasinous
- Synonym: viridis
- (from the 1st century AD) of the Green racing faction
Usage notes
- In general usage as a color term it is little if any different from viridis, and employed as a fashion term, a carryover Grecism when compiling from Greek material, or as a synonym.
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, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic) | pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock) | niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic) |
| ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic) | rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic), rāvus (of eyes); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses) | lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic) |
| viridis, flāvus (poetic) | viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic) | viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark) |
| glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes) | caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic) | |
| violāceus | purpureus (underlying shade) | roseus |
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