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phantasma

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Noun

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phantasma (plural phantasmata)

  1. Alternative form of phantasm
    • 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique:
      ...till the 7. of Iune ſhe againe deluded us, after two houres chaſe as a phantaſma vaniſhing towards Goa.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma).

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Noun

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phantasma n (genitive phantasmatis); third declension

  1. image, appearance
  2. apparition, spectre, phantom

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative phantasma phantasmata
genitive phantasmatis phantasmatum
dative phantasmatī phantasmatibus
accusative phantasma phantasmata
ablative phantasmate phantasmatibus
vocative phantasma phantasmata

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Portuguese

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Noun

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phantasma m or f (plural phantasmas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of fantasma.