phaselus
Latin
Alternative forms
- fasēlus, phasellus
Etymology
Either from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, “bean”) or from the substrate language which was the original source.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʰaˈseː.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [faˈs̬ɛː.lus]
Noun
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
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | phasēlus | phasēlī |
| genitive | phasēlī | phasēlōrum |
| dative | phasēlō | phasēlīs |
| accusative | phasēlum | phasēlōs |
| ablative | phasēlō | phasēlīs |
| vocative | phasēle | phasēlī |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Italian: faselo (learned)
References
- “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.