phaselus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Either from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, “bean”) or from the substrate language which was the original source.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰaˈseː.lus/, [pʰäˈs̠eːɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /faˈse.lus/, [fäˈs̬ɛːlus]
Noun edit
phasēlus m (genitive phasēlī); second declension
- a kind of bean with an edible pod, French bean, kidney bean, phasel
- (transferred sense) a light vessel (in the shape of a kidney bean) made of wicker-work or papyrus, sometimes also of burned and painted clay
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | phasēlus | phasēlī |
| Genitive | phasēlī | phasēlōrum |
| Dative | phasēlō | phasēlīs |
| Accusative | phasēlum | phasēlōs |
| Ablative | phasēlō | phasēlīs |
| Vocative | phasēle | phasēlī |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Italian: faselo (learned)
References edit
- “phaselus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “phaselus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- phaselus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.