phaselus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Italian: faselo (learned)

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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