prasinus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpra.si.nus/, [ˈpräs̠ɪnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpra.si.nus/, [ˈpräːs̬inus]

Adjective

prasinus (feminine prasina, neuter prasinum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. leek-green; prasinous

Declension

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
  • English: prasinous

See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      āter, niger, piceus
             pūniceus, murrinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rūbrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx              gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

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
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