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φάσηλος

φάσηλος, bean; light boat, canoe

φάσηλος [ᾰ], ὁ (cf. Ath. 2.56a, 4.139a: Lat. phaselos is fem., Colum. 10.377),
  • a kind of bean, calavance, Vigna sinensis, Epich. 151, Ar. Pax 1144 (troch.), Demetr.Com.Vet. 5, Wilcken Chr. 198.18 (iii B. C.), etc.; cf. φασίολος.
    • II hence Lat. phaselus, a light boat, canoe, skiff, from its likeness to a bean-pod, Catull. 4, Hor. Od. 3.2.29.

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