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Phasis

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Rioni river, as it is called in classical sources.

    "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."

Noun
  1. 1
    A phase (of the moon, a planet etc.). obsolete

    "[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."

  2. 2
    Any phase or aspect of something. obsolete

    "He o'er the seas shall love or fame pursue, / And other Months, another Phasis view […]."

  3. 3
    The first appearance of the new moon. archaic

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Φᾶσις (Phâsis).

Etymology 2

From Late Latin phasis, or its source, Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “appearance”).

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