phaselus

Latin

Alternative forms

• fasēlus, phasellus

Etymology

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Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos)der.?

Latin phaselus

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

1. a kind of bean with an edible pod, French bean, kidney bean, phasel
2. (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
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 4.1:

     Phasēlus ille, quem vidētis, hospitēs

     That boat, which you see, my guests

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

• phaseolus

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.