noun · masculinesecond declension
phasēlus
phasēlus m (genitive phasēlī)
Classical[pʰaˈseː.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[faˈs̬ɛː.lus]
Meaning
- a kind of bean with an edible pod, French bean, kidney bean, phasel
- a light vessel (in the shape of a kidney bean) made of wicker-work or papyrus, sometimes also of burned and painted clay
Phasēlus ille, quem vidētis, hospitēs
That boat, which you see, my guestsc. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 4.1
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | phasēlus | phasēlī phasēllī |
| genitive | phasēlī phasēllī | phasēlōrum phasēllōrum |
| dative | phasēlō phasēllō | phasēlīs phasēllīs |
| accusative | phasēlum phasēllum | phasēlōs phasēllōs |
| ablative | phasēlō phasēllō | phasēlīs phasēllīs |
| vocative | phasēle phasēlle | phasēlī phasēllī |
phăsēlus (phăsell- and făs-), i, m. and f., = φάσηλος.
I. Lit., a kind of bean with an edible pod, French beans, kidney-beans, phasel (phaseolus vulgaris of Linn.):
viciamque seres vilemque phaselum, Verg. G. 1, 227: longa fasellus, Col. 10, 377; v. id. 2, 10, 4; Pall. 10, 12.—II. Transf., a light vessel (in the shape of a kidney-bean) made of wicker-work or papyrus, sometimes also of burned and painted clay (cf.:
celox, lembus): epistulam de phaselo dare, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1: phaselus ille quem videtis, Cat. 4, 1: phaselon solvere, Hor. C. 3, 2, 29: dare vela fictilibus phaselis, Juv. 15, 127: pictam phaselon, Mart. 10, 30, 13.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
phasēlus (-los) ī, f
, φάσηλος, an edible bean, kidney-bean, phasel, V.—A bean-shaped vessel, light vessel, C., Ct., V., H., Iu.
Origins
Either from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, “bean”) or from the substrate language which was the original source.
Descendants
- Italianfaselo