phrasis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpʰra.sis/, [ˈpʰra.sɪs]

Noun

phrasis f (genitive phrasis or phraseos); third declension

  1. diction

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative phrasis phrasēs
genitive phrasis
phraseos		 phrasium
dative phrasī phrasibus
accusative phrasin
phrasim
phrasem		 phrasēs
phrasīs
ablative phrasi phrasibus
vocative phrasis phrasēs

Note: the accusative forms phrasim and phrasem and the genitive form phraseos are postclassical.

Descendants

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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