πίσον

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

 

• IPA^(key): /pí.son/ → /ˈpi.son/ → /ˈpi.son/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pí.son/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.son/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.son/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.son/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.son/

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

Second declension of τὸ πῐ́σον; τοῦ πῐ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῐ́σον tò píson	τὼ πῐ́σω tṑ písō	τᾰ̀ πῐ́σᾰ tà písa
Genitive	τοῦ πῐ́σου toû písou	τοῖν πῐ́σοιν toîn písoin	τῶν πῐ́σων tôn písōn
Dative	τῷ πῐ́σῳ tôi písōi	τοῖν πῐ́σοιν toîn písoin	τοῖς πῐ́σοις toîs písois
Accusative	τὸ πῐ́σον tò píson	τὼ πῐ́σω tṑ písō	τᾰ̀ πῐ́σᾰ tà písa
Vocative	πῐ́σον píson	πῐ́σω písō	πῐ́σᾰ písa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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

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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[1]:

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

References

1. Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia