phrasis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).

Pronunciation

Noun

phrasis f (genitive phrasis or phraseōs or phrasios); third declension

  1. diction

Declension

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
  • English: phrase
  • French: phrase
  • Italian: frase
  • Portuguese: frase
  • Romanian: frază
  • Spanish: frase

References
  • “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.
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