phiala
English edit
Noun edit
phiala
- A bowl-shaped drinking-vessel used in Ancient Rome.
- 1888, George Dennis, The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria, page 315:
- The youth on the next couch holds a phiala over his head, tilting it to show that he has quaffed its contents.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek φιάλη (phiálē).
Noun edit
phiala f (genitive phialae); first declension
- saucer (or similar broad, flat bowl)
- (Late Latin) a censer, thurible
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | phiala | phialae |
| Genitive | phialae | phialārum |
| Dative | phialae | phialīs |
| Accusative | phialam | phialās |
| Ablative | phialā | phialīs |
| Vocative | phiala | phialae |
References edit
- “phiala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “phiala”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- phiala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- phiala in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “phiala”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “phiala”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Further reading edit
- “phiala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press