Phasis

See also: phasis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φᾶσις (Phâsis).

Proper noun

Phasis

1. The Rioni river, as it is called in classical sources.
   • 1868, “Route 20: London to Tiflis […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 320:

     Poti.* A fortified harbour at the mouth of the river Rion, the ancient Phasis, on the Caucasian coast of the Black Sea. The town is composed of a collection of wooden houses surrounded by a forest.

See also

• Cyrus

Anagrams

• aspish, pissah, spahis

Latin

View of the river

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φᾶσις (Phâsis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰaː.sis/, [ˈpʰäːs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.sis/, [ˈfäːs̬is]

Proper noun

Phāsis m sg (genitive Phāsis or Phāsidis or Phāsidos); third declension

1. An important river of Colchis, now called Rioni

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• Phāsiānus
• Phāsiacus

References

• Phasis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Phasis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly