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πράσον

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Νέος ἂν πονήσῃς, γῆρας ἕξεις εὐθαλές → Iuvenis labora: senium habebis floridum → Wenn jung du schuftest, wird dein Alter blühend sein

Menander, Monostichoi, 388
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Full diacritics: πράσον Medium diacritics: πράσον Low diacritics: πράσον Capitals: ΠΡΑΣΟΝ
Transliteration A: práson Transliteration B: prason Transliteration C: prason Beta Code: pra/son

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], τό,

   A leek, Allium Porrum, Batr.54 (v. l.), Chionid.7, Ar. Ra.621, Thphr.HP7.1.2, etc.; π. κεφαλωτόν Dsc.2.149; πράσα τὰ κειρόμενα sliced leeks, Artem.1.67: prov., φύλλῳ πράσου τὸ τῶν ἐρώντων συνδέδεται βαλλάντιον Com.Adesp.197.    II leek-like seaweed. Posidonia oceanica, Ligurian grass-wrack, Thphr.HP4.6.2, Plin.HN 13.135; also, riband-weed, Laminaria saccharina, Thphr.HP4.6.4. (Cf. Lat.porrum, from I.-E. prsom).