Phaselis, A citie of Pamphilia, whiche was a refnge for Pyrates.Phasis. sis, or sidis, A great Riuer in the countrey of Colchis, whereof (Erasmus sayth) the byrde Itys s called Phasianus. Phasis is also a citie there.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Phăsēlis, ĭdis, f., = *fashli/s. I.A town in Lycia, on the borders of Pamphylia, now Tekrova, Cic. Verr 2, 4, 10, 21; Liv. 37, 23 init.—Hence, B. Phăsēlītae, ārum, m., = *fashli=tai, the inhabitants of Phaselis, the Phaselians (gen. Phaselitūm), Cic. Agr. 2, 19, 50.—II.A city in Judea, with a neighboring valley abounding in palmtrees, Plin. 13, 4, 9, 44; Luc. 8, 251.—Hence, B. Phăsēlīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Phaselis, Plin. 23, 4, 49, 95.
phăsēlus (phăsell- and făs-), i, m. and f., = fa/shlos. I.Lit., a kind of bean with an edible pod, French beans, kidney-beans, phasel (phaseolus vulgaris of Linn.): viciamque seres vilemque phaselum, Verg. G. 1, 227: longa fasellus, Col. 10, 377; v. id. 2, 10, 4; Pall. 10, 12.—II.Transf., a light vessel (in the shape of a kidney-bean) made of wicker-work or papyrus, sometimes also of burned and painted clay (cf.: celox, lembus): epistulam de phaselo dare, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1: phaselus ille quem videtis, Cat. 4, 1: phaselon solvere, Hor. C. 3, 2, 29: dare vela fictilibus phaselis, Juv. 15, 127: pictam phaselon, Mart. 10, 30, 13.