Phāsis, ĭdis or ĭdos (acc. also Phasin, Prop. 3, 22, 11; Sen. Cons. Helv. 10, 3:
I Phasim, Verg. G. 4, 367 al.; voc. Phasĭ, Ov. P. 4, 10, 52), m., = Φᾶσις.
A A river in Colchis , which empties into the Euxine Sea , now Rion , Mel. 1, 19, 12; Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 12: limosi Phasidos undae, Ov. M. 7, 6: sua jura cruentum Phasin habent, Stat. Th. 5, 457: Phasidis ales, a pheasant (v. in the foll. Phasiacus), id. S. 4, 6, 8; cf.: ultra Phasin capi volunt, quod ambitiosam popinam instruat, Sen. Cons. Helv. 10, 3.—
B Transf., a town and its harbor lying at the mouth of the Phasis , a colony of the Milesians , now Poti , Mel. 1, 19, 12; Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13.—Hence,
A Phāsis , ĭdis, adj. f. , Phasian; poet. Colchian : volucres, i. e. pheasants , Mart. 13, 45, 1.—Subst.: Phāsis , ĭdis, f., the Colchian , a term applied to Medea; acc. Phasida, Ov. F. 2, 42.—
B Phā-sĭăcus , a, um, adj., = Φασιακός, of or belonging to the Phasis , Phasian; also poet. Colchian : angulus, Mel. 2, 2, 5: unda, Ov. Tr. 2, 439: terra, id. R. Am. 261: corona, which Medea presented to Creusa , id. Ib. 605: ales Phasiacis petita Colchis, i. e. the pheasant , Petr. 93.—
C Phāsĭānus , a, um, adj., = Φασιανός, of or belonging to the Phasis , Phasian : Phasianae aves, pheasants , Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132.—As subst.: phāsĭāna , ae, f., a pheasant , Plin. 11, 33, 39, § 114.— More freq., phāsĭānus ( fāsĭān- ), i, m., Suet. Vit. 13; Pall. 1, 29; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 41 fin. ; Edict. Diocl. p. 14.—According to the myth, it is the metamorphosed Itys , daughter of Tereus; v. Itys.—
D Phā-sĭas , ădis, adj. f. , = Φασιάς, of or belonging to the Phasis , Phasian; poet. Colchian : Phasias Aeetine, Ov. H. 6, 103: puella, i. e. Medea , id. P. 3, 3, 80.—Subst.: Phāsĭas . ădis, f., Medea , Ov. A. A. 2, 382.