πράσον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[leek]], [[Allium porrum]], <span class="bibl">Batr.54</span> (v. l.), <span class="bibl">Chionid.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ra.</span>621</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>7.1.2</span>, etc.; π. κεφαλωτόν Dsc.2.149; <b class="b3">πράσα τὰ κειρόμενα</b> sliced <b class="b2">leeks</b>, <span class="bibl">Artem.1.67</span>: prov., φύλλῳ πράσου τὸ τῶν ἐρώντων συνδέδεται βαλλάντιον <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>197. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">leek-like seaweed. Posidonia oceanica, Ligurian grass-wrack</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.6.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span> 13.135</span>; also, <b class="b2">riband-weed, Laminaria saccharina</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.6.4</span>. (Cf. Lat. [[porrum]], from I.-E. <b class="b2">prsom</b>).</span>