Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin phasēolus, diminutive of phaselus, itself likely from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos) (a Koine reborrowing). [1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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φασίολος (phasíolosm (genitive φασιόλου); second declension (Koine)

  1. Hellenistic synonym of φάσηλος (phásēlos)
    • ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ s.v. "φασόλι" - φασίολος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek φασίολος (phasíolos), with its sense from Translingual Phaseolus.

Noun

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φασίολος (fasíolosm

  1. (dated, used only for taxonomic terms) phaseolus, bean
    Φασίολος ο κοινός
    Fasíolos o koinós
    Phaseolus vulgaris, the common bean

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