phrasis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰra.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfraː.s̬is]

Noun

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

1. diction
2. expression, sense, meaning

Declension

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

	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.
• https://logeion.uchicago.edu/phrasis