English

Noun

phantasia ‎(plural phantasias)

1. Dated form of fantasia.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: phantasias, phantasiât

Verb

phantasia

1. third-person singular past historic of phantasier

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φαντασία ‎(phantasía).

Noun

phantasia f ‎(genitive phantasiae); first declension

1. fancy, idea, notion; fantasy
2. phantom, apparition
3. imagination
4. phase (of the moon)

Inflection

First declension.

References

• phantasia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PHANTASIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “phantasia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• phantasia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• phantasia in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray