phrasis

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʰra.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfraː.s̬is] === Noun === phrasis f (genitive phrasis or phraseōs or phrasios); third declension diction expression, sense, meaning ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem). 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. https://logeion.uchicago.edu/phrasis