Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phasis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: pha-sis
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Rioni river, as it is called in classical sources.

noun

A phase (of the moon, a planet etc.).

Obsolete

noun

Any phase or aspect of something.

Obsolete

noun

The first appearance of the new moon.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"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."
"[A]s the same face of the moon always is turned to the earth, the lunar tides must be permanent, and if the solid parts of the moon be spherical, must always cover the phasis next to us."
"He o'er the seas shall love or fame pursue, / And other Months, another Phasis view […]."
"In popular language Feeling is not always synonymous with State of Consciousness; being often taken more peculiarly for those states which are conceived as belonging to the sensitive, or to the emotional, phasis of our nature […]."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φᾶσις (Phâsis).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: phasis, φάσις

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Phasis (canonical) phases (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Cyrus

Questions

What does phasis mean?: The Rioni river, as it is called in classical sources.
Where does phasis come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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