porrum

porrum, i, n., and porrus, i, m. [πράσον],

• a leek, scallion; of two kinds, capitatum and sectile, the latter our chives, Col. 8, 11, 14; Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 108; Mart. 3, 47, 8; 3, 13, 18; 19; Juv. 3, 293; 14, 133.

porrum, ī, n. u. porrus, ī, m. = πράσον, der Lauch, Porree, Cels. u.a.: teils porrum capitatum, Kopflauch, Colum.; ders. porrus capitatus, Pallad.: teils p. sectivum (sectivus), Schnittlauch, Colum. u. Plin.: dass. p. sectilis (sectile), Pallad., Mart. u. Iuven.: tenues porri, Varro fr.: porri virgines, Marc. Emp.

porrum, 1 porrus [CL], ~io 1 leek; b (w. ref. to its green colour). c (~us virgo) young or tender leek; d (dist. from porrettum); e (in phr.). ~us, porleac Ælf. Gl. 134; tribus reliquis [diebus] ~os caulesque coctos vel elixos, panis cibaria aditiens W. Malm. Wulfst. I 10 p. 17; 12‥ porius, i. poret, i. lek WW; hoc ~um, poret Gl. AN Glasg. f. 18ra; raphanum, poros, cepas et salsa et unctuosa Gilb. I 36v. 1; ~os, cepe ‥ que suscitativa sunt inordinati appetitus J. Godard Ep. 223; tercia species est cholera quedam prassiva, in colore viridis et amara, acuta, sicut herba, que prassium, id est, marrubium vel ~us nuncupatur Bart. Angl. IV 10 p. 109; 1319 de quolibet panerio olorum et ~ionum Reg. Gasc. A I 97; prassus secundum quosdam, i. porus, unde colera prassina, i. porina SB 35.  b bdellium et saphirum unum dicunt esse, jacincto colore, quasi folium ~i Comm. Cant. I 39; hiacincta, i. quasi ~i color frassineus Ib. 286; topazion ut aqua micat ut est ~us GlC T 210; cypressus viridem habet colorem ut est ~us Gl. Leid. 41. 16; sint viridis folia porri concisa minutim D. Bec. 2664; prassinus autem lapis idem est quod viridis lapis, nam prassos Grece ~us vocatur Latine Gros. Hexaem. XI 20.  c ~os virgines ‥ cum oleo coq. ad tertiam Gilb. III 148. 1.  d ortolanus ‥ colit in orto ‥ ~um [gl.: porreus] et allia ‥ porreta Garl. Dict. 136.  e quendam ‥ bellatorem ‥ valido ‥ ictu per medium quasi tenerum ~um obtruncavit Ord. Vit. IX 9 p. 531. 2 (~um nigrum) kind of plant, perh. black horehound (Ballota nigra). herba polloten, þæt ys ~um nigrum Leechdoms I 66; polloten, i. ~um nigrum Gl. Laud. 1151. 3 artefact that resembles a leek, perh. for heating food. 1379 in ij ~is de ferro pro cameris aule Ac. Durh. 131; 1454 iiij ~a ferr’ pro igne Ib. 149.

porrum (14) ī, n. , et porrus, ī, m. , au pl. toujours porrī, ōrum, m. , poireau [plante potagère] : Plin. 19, 108 ; Col. Rust. 8, 11, 4 ; Juv. 3, 293.

porrum ī, n

• , πράσον, a leek, scallion, H., Iu.