πίσον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

for the seed of the plant:

Etymology

Koine. See Ancient Greek πίσος (písos, “pea”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πῐ́σον • (píson) n (genitive πίσου); second declension

(Koine). Quoted by comic poet Alexis (Ἄλεξις c.375‑c.275 BCE)

  1. pea, pease, seed of Pisum sativum
  2. (botany) the plant Pisum sativum

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ πῐ́σον; τοῦ πῐ́σου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πῐ́σον
tò píson		 τὼ πῐ́σω
tṑ písō		 τᾰ̀ πῐ́σᾰ
tà písa
Genitive τοῦ πῐ́σου
toû písou		 τοῖν πῐ́σοιν
toîn písoin		 τῶν πῐ́σων
tôn písōn
Dative τῷ πῐ́σῳ
tôi písōi		 τοῖν πῐ́σοιν
toîn písoin		 τοῖς πῐ́σοις
toîs písois
Accusative τὸ πῐ́σον
tò píson		 τὼ πῐ́σω
tṑ písō		 τᾰ̀ πῐ́σᾰ
tà písa
Vocative πῐ́σον
píson		 πῐ́σω
písō		 πῐ́σᾰ
písa
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Katharevousa term for botany, as in Koine τὸ πίσον, Ancient Greek πίσος (písos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpison/
  • Hyphenation: πί‧σον

Noun

πίσον • (píson) n (plural πίσα)

  1. (botany) the plant Pisum sativum, pea

Declension
As in ancient inflection, without dual number.

Hypernyms
  • family of ἐλλοβόκαρπα (ελλεβόκαρπα or λεγκουμινώδη (legkouminódi) or χεδρωπά (chedropá) (all neuter plural) “Fabaceae” or “Leguminosae”

Hyponyms

In polytonic script for Katharevousa terms for botany[1]:

  • πίσον το ἀρουραίον (píson to arouraíon)
  • πίσον το ἥμερον (píson to hḗmeron)
  • πίσον το ὑψηλόν (píson to hupsēlón)

References
  1. Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia
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