noun greek

phăsēlus

gen. phăsēli · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

( and ), , and , = φάσηλος.

a kind of bean with an edible pod; French beans; kidney-beans •

Lit., a kind of bean with an edible pod, French beans, kidney-beans, phasel (phaseolus vulgaris of Linn.): viciamque seres vilemque phaselum, Verg. G. 1, 227: longa fasellus, Col. 10, 377; v. id. 2, 10, 4; Pall. 10, 12.—

a light vessel; in the shape of a kidney-bean; made of wicker-work by extension ••

Transf., a light vessel (in the shape of a kidney-bean) made of wicker-work or papyrus, sometimes also of burned and painted clay (cf.: celox, lembus): epistulam de phaselo dare, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1: phaselus ille quem videtis, Cat. 4, 1: phaselon solvere, Hor. C. 3, 2, 29: dare vela fictilibus phaselis, Juv. 15, 127: pictam phaselon, Mart. 10, 30, 13.

Perseus ID: n35957 Key: phaselus