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Phasis
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phasis
Translingual
thumb|Phasis clavum species.
Etymology
Borrowed from mul la phasis and mul grc φάσις an appearance.
Proper noun
f 1
genus family Lycaenidae certain gossamer-winged butterflies
References
Q7181023 1
mul Gossamer-winged butterflies
English
Etymology
From en grc Φᾶσις.
Proper noun
1
en The Rioni <<river>>, as it is called in classical sources.
en 1868 Route 20: London to Tiflis Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland 2nd London John Murray 320 https://archive.org/details/gri_33125009080421/page/n337/mode/2up?q=Phasis 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
en Cyrus
Anagrams
en ahipss aspish pissah spahis
Latin
right|thumb|View of the river
Etymology
la Phāsis :der grc:Φᾶσις + 1
Pronunciation
Phāsis
Proper noun
((Phāsis<3>,Phāsis/Phāsid<3>,Phāsis/Phāsid<3.Greek>)) m
An important river of Colchis, now called Rioni
Declension
la noun http://www.zeno.org/Georges-1913/A/Phasis : "Phāsis, idis und idos, Akk. im und in (Φασις) ... Genet. Phasidos, Prop. 1, 20, 18. Ov. her. 6, 108; met. 7, 6: Akk. Phasim, Verg. georg. 4, 367. Colum. 8, 8, 10; Phasin, Prop. 3, 22, 11. Stat. Theb. 5, 458: Vok. Phasi, Ov. ex Pont. 4, 10, 52."
Derived terms
la Phāsiānus
la Phāsiacus
References
la Rivers