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.
