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Ancient Greek
for the seed of the plant:
Etymology
Koine. See Ancient Greek πίσος (písos, “pea”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pí.son/ → /ˈpi.son/ → /ˈpi.son/
Noun
πῐ́σον • (píson) n (genitive πίσου); second declension
(Koine). Quoted by comic poet Alexis (Ἄλεξις c.375‑c.275 BCE)
- pea, pease, seed of the plant Pisum sativum
- (botany) any plant of species Pisum sativum
Inflection
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Descendants
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)
- (botany) the plant Pisum sativum, pea
Declension
- As in ancient inflection, without dual number.
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Hyponyms
In polytonic script for Katharevousa terms for botany[1]:
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