phasma

See also: Phasma

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma, “apparation, phantom”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰas.ma/, [ˈpʰäs̠mä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfas.ma/, [ˈfäzmä]

Noun

phasma n (genitive phasmatis); third declension

1. An apparation, specter, phantom.

Inflection

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	phasma	phasmata
Genitive	phasmatis	phasmatum
Dative	phasmatī	phasmatibus
Accusative	phasma	phasmata
Ablative	phasmate	phasmatibus
Vocative	phasma	phasmata

Descendants

• → Translingual: Phasma
• ⇒ English: phasmid

See also

• lemures

References

• “phasma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press