Greens

greens English Etymology In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of en la prasinus prasinī Leek-Greens or la factio la prasina the leek-green faction and en gkm Πράσινοι Leek-Greens. Noun en noun form en Green Proper noun en proper noun form en Green en Australian politics The Australian Greens, a left-wing, progressive green party in Australia en informal en Green Party in various other contexts. en informal Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly green, particularly en historical The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore green. 2002, James Allan Stewart Evans, The Age of Justinian..., p. 38: 'Constantinople adopted the follies, though not the virtues of ancient Rome,' wrote Edward Gibbon, 'and the same factions which had agitated the circus raged with redoubled fury in the Hippodrome.' Gibbon's judgment was that what produced the 'redoubled fury' in the Hippodrome was senseless hooliganism, and even though the Blues and Greens could be politicized upon occasion, they had no coherent aims, religious or political. Gibbon's successors had alternative suggestions, the most persistent of which has been that the Blues were supporters of religious orthodoxy and the Greens of Monophysitism. Coordinate terms Roman charioteering factions en Blues, en Reds, en Whites; en Golds, en Purples rare Anagrams en eegnrs Grenes negers Egners Gerens renegs regens Senger Gesner genres en terms calqued from Latin terms calqued from Medieval Greek en Ancient Rome Sports nicknames Political parties German Pronunciation de De-Greens.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun de noun form de Green nom//gen//dat//acc p ; gen s