Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Prasiniani

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

PRASINIA'NI. Persons who backed the green party (factio prasina) at the races of the Circus (Pet. Sat. 70. 10. Capitol. Ver. 6.) The drivers in the Circensian games were divided into four parties, each of which was distinguished by a tunic of different colours, white, red, green, and blue, termed respectively alba, russata, prasina, veneta, after which their supporters and backers received a corresponding sobriquet.