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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably a foreign word. (Thracian/Phrygian).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pí.sos/ → /ˈpi.sos/ → /ˈpi.sos/
Noun
πῐ́σος • (písos) m (genitive πῐ́σου); second declension
- pea, pease, seed of Pisum sativum
Inflection
See also
References
- ^ Hofmann, J. B. (1949) “πίσος”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg
Further reading
- “πίσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πίσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers