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 • (pĭ́son) n (genitive πίσου); second declension

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

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

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πῐ́σον; τοῦ πῐ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῐ́σον tò pĭ́son	τὼ πῐ́σω tṑ pĭ́sō	τᾰ̀ πῐ́σᾰ tằ pĭ́să
Genitive	τοῦ πῐ́σου toû pĭ́sou	τοῖν πῐ́σοιν toîn pĭ́soin	τῶν πῐ́σων tôn pĭ́sōn
Dative	τῷ πῐ́σῳ tôi pĭ́sōi	τοῖν πῐ́σοιν toîn pĭ́soin	τοῖς πῐ́σοις toîs pĭ́sois
Accusative	τὸ πῐ́σον tò pĭ́son	τὼ πῐ́σω tṑ pĭ́sō	τᾰ̀ πῐ́σᾰ tằ pĭ́să
Vocative	πῐ́σον pĭ́son	πῐ́σω pĭ́sō	πῐ́σᾰ pĭ́să
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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)