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πράσον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πράσον

Structure: πρας (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. leek, Allium porrum

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πράσον πράσω πράσα
Genitive πράσου πράσοιν πράσων
Dative πράσῳ πράσοιν πράσοις
Accusative πράσον πράσω πράσα
Vocative πράσον πράσω πράσα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀσταφίδα κεκομμένην, μάραθον, ἄνηθον, νᾶπυ, καυλόν, σίλφιον, κορίαννον αὐο͂ν, ῥοῦν, κύμινον, κάππαριν, ὀρίγανον, γήτειον, σκόροδον, θύμον, σφάκον, σίραιον, σέσελι, πήγανον, πράσον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 69 1:10)
  • "τὸ μὲν θαλάσσιον πράσον κοπτήν φησι καλεῖσθαι Διονύσιοσ ὁ Ἰτυκαῖοσ ἐν ἑβδόμῳ Γεωργικῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 604)
  • ἀγαθὸν δὲ καὶ πράσον τῇ δριμύτητι, καὶ κράμβη ξὺν ἐλαίῳ καὶ γάρῳ· ἄριστον δὲ καὶ κύμινον γλυκὺ, ξὺν κράμβῃ, φυσέων ἠδὲ οὔρων· ἐρεθιστέα γὰρ ἡ κύστισ, ἠδὲ γαστὴρ, ἐν πάσῃ τῇ νούσῳ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 109)
  • ἔστω δὲ καὶ πράσον ξὺν τῇ κόμῃ καὶ ἀμύγδαλα πικρὰ ξὺν τῷ χυλῷ ἑψόμενα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 369)
  • Χρὴ δὲ καὶ τὰ σιτία ἴκελα ἔμμεναι, δριμέα, λεπτὰ, διαλυτικὰ παχέοσ, σμηγματώδεα· λαχάνων, πράσον, ἢ κορωνόπουσ, ἢ κνίδη, ἢ κράμβη ἐν ὄξεϊ ἑψηθεῖσα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 18)

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