phantăsĭa, ae, f., = φαντασία,
I an idea , notion , fancy (post-Aug.): Nicetas longe disertius hanc phantasiam movit, Sen. Suas. 2, 15: cor tuum phantasias patitur, Vulg. Ecclus. 34, 6.—As a term of reproach: phantasia, non homo, a mere notion or fancy , the mere semblance of a man , Petr. 38 fin. (in Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 40; 2, 6, 8 al., written as Greek, and translated visum).—
II A phantom , apparition : (animus) colligit visa nocturna, quas phantasias nos adpellamus, Amm. 14, 11, 18.