πράσον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[leek]], [[Allium porrum]], <span class="bibl">Batr.54</span> ([[varia lectio|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; [[πράσα τὰ κειρόμενα]] = [[sliced leeks]], <span class="bibl">Artem.1.67</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], φύλλῳ πράσου τὸ τῶν ἐρώντων συνδέδεται βαλλάντιον <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>197. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[leek-like seaweed]], [[Posidonia oceanica]], [[Ligurian grass-wrack]], <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, [[riband]] [[weed]], [[Laminaria saccharina]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.6.4</span>. (Cf. Lat. [[porrum]], from I.-E. prsom).</span>