Phasis

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

(River) Φᾶσις, -ιος, ὁ.

of the Phasis, adj.: Φασιανός (Ar. and Xen.), Φασιανικός (Ar.).

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Phāsis: ĭdis or ĭdos (acc. also Phasin, Prop. 3, 22, 11; Sen. Cons. Helv. 10, 3:
I Phasim, Verg. G. 4, 367 al.; voc. Phasĭ, Ov. P. 4, 10, 52), m., = Φᾶσις.
   A A river in Colchis, which empties into the Euxine Sea, now Rion, Mel. 1, 19, 12; Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 12: limosi Phasidos undae, Ov. M. 7, 6: sua jura cruentum Phasin habent, Stat. Th. 5, 457: Phasidis ales, a pheasant (v. in the foll. Phasiacus), id. S. 4, 6, 8; cf.: ultra Phasin capi volunt, quod ambitiosam popinam instruat, Sen. Cons. Helv. 10, 3.—
   B Transf., a town and its harbor lying at the mouth of the Phasis, a colony of the Milesians, now Poti, Mel. 1, 19, 12; Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13.—Hence,
   A Phāsis, ĭdis, adj. f., Phasian; poet. Colchian: volucres, i. e. pheasants, Mart. 13, 45, 1.—Subst.: Phāsis, ĭdis, f., the Colchian, a term applied to Medea; acc. Phasida, Ov. F. 2, 42.—
   B Phā-sĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Φασιακός, of or belonging to the Phasis, Phasian; also poet. Colchian: angulus, Mel. 2, 2, 5: unda, Ov. Tr. 2, 439: terra, id. R. Am. 261: corona, which Medea presented to Creusa, id. Ib. 605: ales Phasiacis petita Colchis, i. e. the pheasant, Petr. 93.—
   C Phāsĭānus, a, um, adj., = Φασιανός, of or belonging to the Phasis, Phasian: Phasianae aves, pheasants, Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132.—As subst.: phāsĭāna, ae, f., a pheasant, Plin. 11, 33, 39, § 114.— More freq., phāsĭānus (fāsĭān-), i, m., Suet. Vit. 13; Pall. 1, 29; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 41 fin.; Edict. Diocl. p. 14.—According to the myth, it is the metamorphosed Itys, daughter of Tereus; v. Itys.—
   D Phā-sĭas, ădis, adj. f., = Φασιάς, of or belonging to the Phasis, Phasian; poet. Colchian: Phasias Aeetine, Ov. H. 6, 103: puella, i. e. Medea, id. P. 3, 3, 80.—Subst.: Phāsĭas. ădis, f., Medea, Ov. A. A. 2, 382.
Phāsis: ĭdis, adj., v. 1. Phasis, A.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) Phāsis, is ou ĭdis, m. (Φᾶσις), le Phase [rivière] : Prop. 3, 22, 11 ; Sen. Helv. 10, 3 ; Virg. G. 4, 367 ; Ov. P. 4, 10, 52 ; Plin. 6, 12 || -sis, ĭdis, adj. f., du Phase : Phasides volucres Mart. 13, 45, 1, faisans || -sĭānus, a, um, du Phase : Phasianæ aves Plin. 10, 132, faisans || subst. m. et f., faisan : Suet. Vitell. 13 ; Plin. 11, 114 || -sĭăcus, a, um, du Phase ; de la Colchide ; de Médée : Mela 2, 22 ; Ov. Tr. 2, 1, 439 ; Rem. 261.
(2) Phāsis, is, m., nom d’h. : Mart. 5, 8, 4.
(3) Phāsis, ĭdis, f., femme du Phase = Médée : Ov. F. 2, 42, v. Phasias.

Latin > German (Georges)

Phāsis, idis und idos, Akk. im und in (Φασις), I) m., Grenzfluß zwischen Kleinasien u. Kolchis, der in das Schwarze Meer mündet, j. Rion oder Rioni, Mela 1, 19, 12 (1. § 108): 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. – II) f., Stadt und Hafen an der Mündung des Flusses Phasis, Kolonie der Milesier, Mela 1, 19, 12 (1. § 108). Plin. 6, 13. – Dav.: A) Phāsis, idis, Akk. ida, Adi. fem., phasisch, poet. = kolchisch, mater, Ov.: volucres, Fasane, Mart.: subst., Phasis (sc. femina), die Kolchierin = Medea, Ov. – B) Phāsiacus, a, um (Φασιακός), phasisch, poet. = kolchisch, Ov.: coniunx, Medea, Sen. poët. – C) Phāsiānus (fāsiānus), a, um (Φασιανός), phasianisch, avis, Plin., u. subst. bl. phasiana, Plin., od. phasianus, Suet., der Fasan (Phasianus colchicus, L).: fasianus pastus, Edict. Diocl.: fasiana pasta, non pasta, ibid. – D) Phāsias, adis, f. (Φασιάς), phasisch, poet. = kolchisch, subst., die Kolchierin, puella, u. bl. Phasias, Medea, Ov.

Wikipedia EN

The Rioni (Georgian: რიონი, Rioni; Ancient Greek: Φᾶσις, Phᾶsis) is the main river of western Georgia. It originates in the Caucasus Mountains, in the region of Racha and flows west to the Black Sea, entering it north of the city of Poti (near ancient Phasis). The city of Kutaisi, once the ancient city of Colchis, lies on its banks. It drains the western Transcaucasus into the Black Sea while the river Kura, drains the eastern Transcaucasus into the Caspian Sea.

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Phasis (Ancient Greek: Φᾶσις; Georgian: ფაზისი, pazisi) was an ancient and early medieval city on the eastern Black Sea coast, founded in the 7th or 6th century BC as a colony of the Milesian Greeks at the mouth of the eponymous river in Colchis. Its location today could be the port city of Poti, Georgia. Its ancient bishopric became a Latin Catholic titular see of Metropolitan rank.