πίσος

See also: πῖσος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

A loanword from an unknown source,[1] with some possibilities including Thracian and Phrygian.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πῐ́σος • (písos) m (genitive πῐ́σου); second declension

  1. pea, pease, seed of Pisum sativum

Inflection

See also

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πίσος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1197
  2. Hofmann, J. B. (1949) “πίσος”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg [translated in Greek by Antonius D. Papanikolaou, Athens: n.p. 1974.]

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