phasianus

See also: Phasianus

Latin

phāsiānī (pheasants)

Alternative forms

• phāsiāna

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰaː.siˈaː.nus/, [pʰäːs̠iˈäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fa.siˈa.nus/, [fäs̬iˈäːnus]

Noun

phāsiānus m (genitive phāsiānī); second declension

1. pheasant (bird)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	phāsiānus	phāsiānī
Genitive	phāsiānī	phāsiānōrum
Dative	phāsiānō	phāsiānīs
Accusative	phāsiānum	phāsiānōs
Ablative	phāsiānō	phāsiānīs
Vocative	phāsiāne	phāsiānī

Synonyms

• (pheasant): Phāsidis āles

Derived terms

• phāsiānārius

Related terms

• Phāsis

Descendants

• Esperanto: fazano
• Italian: fagiano

• Old French: fesan
  • French: faisan
  • Norman: faîsan (Jersey)
  • → English: pheasant
• → German: Fasan
  • → Russian: фаза́н (fazán)
• Sardinian: fagianu
• Spanish: faisán
• Translingual: Phasianus

References

• phasianus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)