prasinus

prăsĭnus, a, um, adj., = πράσινος,

• leek-green, prasinous: pila prasina, Petr. 27, 2: color, Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181: de nostrā prasinā est synthesis empta toga, Mart. 10, 29, 4: flabellum, id. 3, 82, 11: factio, the party of charioteers at the games who dressed in leek-green (v. factio), particularly favored by Caligula and Nero, Mart. 13, 78: cf. Suet. Calig. 55; and id. Ner. 22.—Hence, subst.: prăsĭnus, i, m., a charioteer of the leek-green party: de prasino conviva loquatur, Mart. 10, 48, 23.—Also, a gem, Capitol. Max. J. 1.

prasinus, a, um (πράσινος), I) lauchgrün, color, Plin.: pila, Petron.: viriditas, Cassiod.: fascia, Petron.: lapis, Ampel. – subst., prasinus, ī, m. (sc. lapis), ein lauchgrüner Stein, eine Art Quarz, Capit. Maxim. iun. 1, 8. Cypr. de iudic. 8. Cassiod. pan. ad regin. 2 (hinter Symm. oratt. ed. Mai. Rom. 1846. p. 47). – II) prägn., zu den Lauchgrünen (den grünen Wettfahrern) gehörig, equus, Capit.: factio, die grüne Partei der Wettfahrenden, Suet. (vgl. factio a. E.): agitator, ein Wettfahrer von der grünen Partei, Suet. – subst., prasinus, ī, m., ein Wettfahrer der grünen Partei, Mart. 10, 48, 23 u.a.

prasinus [CL < πράσινος] 1 of a leek-green colour, (leek-)green; b (med., w. cholera); c (her.). in quibus [sc. generibus concyliorum] sunt et musculae, quibus inclusam saepe margaritam omnis quidem coloris optimam inveniunt, id est et rubicundi et purpurei et hyacinthini et ~i, sed maxime candidi Bede HE I 1; rubent aliae, aliae virent, hae purpureo, hae hyacinthino, hae ~o colore vestiuntur Gosc. Aug. Maj. 51D; tota superficies cutis ‥ viridi colore tingebatur. ‥ puella ‥ illum prassinum colorem penitus amisit, atque sanguineam habitudinem ‥ paulatim recuperavit Coggesh. Chr. f. 88b; 1267 onicleum unum et duo pranchii caucidonii CalPat 139.  b cholera ‥ †prassiva [l. prassina], in colore viridis ‥ sicut herba que prassium, id est marrubium vel porrus, nuncupatur Bart. Angl. IV 10; est et praxina, viridis quasi sectile porrum: / hanc coleram magnus ducit in esse calor Garl. Epith. V 177; est [colera] nota propter adustionem colere eruginose, que vocatur zinaria vel prassina Gad. 3. 2; prassus ‥ i. porrus, unde colera prassina SB 35.  c recte ‥ errorem suum fatetur quod dixisset colorem viridem a se damnatum in insignibus haberi. ‥ nonnullas ‥ que ‥ hunc colorem in clypeis habuerunt recensebo familias. ‥ Erpinghamiorum equestris familia parmulam argenteam ‥ in scuto ~o gestabat Upton app. 40. 2 (lapis ~us) sort of precious stone of leekgreen colour, prasine. b (as sb. f.). c (as sb. n., w. ref. to green variety of chalcedony). ubi nascitur aurum optimum et bdellium et lapis onichinus sive, ut habet alia translatio, carbunculus et lapis prassinus Gros. Hexaem. proem. 31; prassinus ‥ lapis idem est quod viridis lapis, nam prassos Grece porrus vocatur Latine, a cujus succi similitudine dicitur lapis prassius sive prassinus Ib. XI 20.  b 1261 reddunt compotum ‥ de una ~a cum capsa auri similiter de dono ‥ ponderis xiij d. LTR AcWardr m. 1; 1268 unam gerlandam cum ~is, rubettis, saphiris, perlis Liberate m. 4.  c calcido ut ignis lucet, haec [l. hoc] est ~um GlC C 77. 3 (bot.) kind of plant, perh. leek (Alium porrum) or horehound (Marrubium vulgare); cf. prasion, prason. aqua decoctionis epatice, scolop’, capil’, vene seminum quattuor frigidorum, et gumi arab’, vio’, et prassinorum Gilb. I 19v. 2.

1 prăsĭnus, (14) a, um (πράσινος), vert [de couleur de poireau] : Plin. 37, 181 ; prasinus, ī, m. , c. prasius : Ps. Cypr. Jud. 8 || prasina factio Suet. Cal. 55, la faction Prasine (des Verts), v. prasinus 2.

prasinus , a, um. adj.
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prăsĭnus, i, m.: varietà di quarzo verde.