phrasis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpʰra.sis/, [ˈpʰräs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfra.sis/, [ˈfräːs̬is]
Noun
[edit]phrasis f (genitive phrasis or phraseōs or phrasios); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
| Case | 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
[edit]References
[edit]- “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.