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 • (prắsĭon) 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 prắsĭon	τὼ πρᾰσῐ́ω tṑ prăsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πρᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ prắsĭă
Genitive	τοῦ πρᾰσῐ́ου toû prăsĭ́ou	τοῖν πρᾰσῐ́οιν toîn prăsĭ́oin	τῶν πρᾰσῐ́ων tôn prăsĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ πρᾰσῐ́ῳ tôi prăsĭ́ōi	τοῖν πρᾰσῐ́οιν toîn prăsĭ́oin	τοῖς πρᾰσῐ́οις toîs prăsĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ πρᾰ́σῐον tò prắsĭon	τὼ πρᾰσῐ́ω tṑ prăsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πρᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ prắsĭă
Vocative	πρᾰ́σῐον prắsĭon	πρᾰσῐ́ω prăsĭ́ō	πρᾰ́σῐᾰ prắsĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον (melămprắsĭon)

Adjective

πράσῐον • (prásĭon)

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