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 , πράσον, a leek, scallion, H., Iu. ...
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