phiala

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φιάλη (phiálē).

Noun

phiala f (genitive phialae); first declension

1. saucer (or similar broad, flat bowl)
2. (Late Latin) a censer, thurible

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	phiala	phialae
Genitive	phialae	phialārum
Dative	phialae	phialīs
Accusative	phialam	phialās
Ablative	phialā	phialīs
Vocative	phiala	phialae

References

• “phiala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “phiala”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• phiala 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)
• phiala in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “phiala”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “phiala”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Further reading

• “phiala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press