prasinus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpra.si.nus/, [ˈpra.sɪ.nʊs]

Adjective

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

  1. leek-green; prasinous

Inflection

First/second declension.

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 prasinae prasinō prasinīs prasinīs prasinīs
Accusative prasinum prasinam prasinum prasinōs prasinās prasina
Ablative prasinō prasinā prasinō prasinīs prasinīs prasinīs
Vocative prasine prasina prasinum prasinī prasinae prasina

Descendants

See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus      cānus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinericeus, plumbeus, grīseus      āter, niger, piceus
             pūniceus, murrhinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rubrīcus, mulleus ; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus ; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx              gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus
             galbus, galbīnus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cyaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus              glaucus; līvidus; venetus, blaveus
             violāceus, ianthinus              purpureus, ostrīnus, ātropurpūreus, amethystīnus              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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