πράσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πράσον (práson, “leek”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prá.si.on/ → /ˈpra.si.on/ → /ˈpra.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prá.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpra.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpra.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpra.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpra.si.on/

Noun

πρᾰ́σῐον • (prásion) n (genitive πρᾰσῐ́ου); second declension

1. white horehound (Marrubium vulgare)

   Synonyms: ἀστερίσπα (asteríspa), καμηλοπόδιον (kamēlopódion), προπέδιλον (propédilon), φιλοφαρές (philopharés), φυλλοφερές (phullopherés)

2. kind of seaweed

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πρᾰ́σῐον; τοῦ πρᾰσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πρᾰ́σῐον tò prásion	τὼ πρᾰσῐ́ω tṑ prasíō	τᾰ̀ πρᾰ́σῐᾰ tà prásia
Genitive	τοῦ πρᾰσῐ́ου toû prasíou	τοῖν πρᾰσῐ́οιν toîn prasíoin	τῶν πρᾰσῐ́ων tôn prasíōn
Dative	τῷ πρᾰσῐ́ῳ tôi prasíōi	τοῖν πρᾰσῐ́οιν toîn prasíoin	τοῖς πρᾰσῐ́οις toîs prasíois
Accusative	τὸ πρᾰ́σῐον tò prásion	τὼ πρᾰσῐ́ω tṑ prasíō	τᾰ̀ πρᾰ́σῐᾰ tà prásia
Vocative	πρᾰ́σῐον prásion	πρᾰσῐ́ω prasíō	πρᾰ́σῐᾰ prásia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον (melamprásion)

Adjective

πράσῐον • (prásion)

1. inflection of πράσιος (prásios):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Further reading

• “πράσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πράσιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette