phrasis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰra.sis/, [ˈpʰräs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfra.sis/, [ˈfräːs̬is]

Noun

phrasis f (genitive phrasis or phraseōs or phrasios); third declension

1. diction

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	phrasis	phrasēs phraseis
Genitive	phrasis phraseōs phrasios	phrasium
Dative	phrasī	phrasibus
Accusative	phrasim phrasin phrasem1	phrasēs phrasīs
Ablative	phrasī phrase1	phrasibus
Vocative	phrasis phrasi	phrasēs phraseis

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin. Note: the accusative forms phrasim and phrasem and the genitive form phraseos are postclassical.

Descendants

• English: phrase
• French: phrase
• Italian: frase
• Portuguese: frase
• Romanian: frază
• Spanish: frase

References

• “phrasis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• phrasis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.