πίσον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

for the seed of the plant:

• πίσος (písos) (masc.)
• πισός (pisós) — Koine (masc.)

Etymology

Koine. See Ancient Greek πίσος (písos, “pea”).

Pronunciation

Noun

πῐ́σον • (píson) n (genitive πίσου); second declension

(Koine). Quoted by comic poet Alexis (Ἄλεξις c.375‑c.275 BCE)

1. pea, pease, seed of Pisum sativum
2. (botany) the plant Pisum sativum

Inflection

Derived terms

• πίσινος (písinos)

Descendants

• Katharevousa Greek: πίσον n (píson)
• → Latin: pisum n

Further reading

• “πίσον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πίσον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

Greek

Etymology

Katharevousa term for botany, as in Koine τὸ πίσον, Ancient Greek πίσος (písos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpison/
• Hyphenation: πί‧σον

Noun

πίσον • (píson) n (plural πίσα)

1. (botany) the plant Pisum sativum, pea

Declension

As in ancient inflection, without dual number.

Hypernyms

• family of ἐλλοβόκαρπα (ελλεβόκαρπα or λεγκουμινώδη (legkouminódi) or χεδρωπά (chedropá) (all neuter plural) “Fabaceae” or “Leguminosae”

Hyponyms

In polytonic script for Katharevousa terms for botany:

• πίσον το ἀρουραίον (píson to arouraíon)
• πίσον το ἥμερον (píson to hḗmeron)
• πίσον το ὑψηλόν (píson to hupsēlón)

References