phaselus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, “bean”) or from the substrate language which was the original source.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰaˈseː.lus/, [pʰaˈseː.ɫʊs]

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

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative phasēlus phasēlī
Genitive phasēlī phasēlōrum
Dative phasēlō phasēlīs
Accusative phasēlum phasēlōs
Ablative phasēlō phasēlīs
Vocative phasēle phasēlī

Derived terms

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
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