prasinus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. leek-green, prasine, 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: prasine, prasinous

See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     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

  1. (historical, sports) the Greens, the racing faction of the Roman and Constantinopolitan circus clothed in green

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case 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

Descendants

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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