φάντᾰσ-μα, ατος, τό,
={φάσμα}, apparition, phantom, ἐνύπνια φαντάσματα [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 710; νυκτέρων φ. ἔχουσι μορφάς [prev. author] “fragment” 312; φ. δαίμονος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 2, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 54, 94 (_anapaest meter_), 390, 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.22, NT.Matt.14.26; περὶ τὰ μνήματα.. ὤφθη ἄττα ψυχῶν σκιοειδῆ φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 81d ] NT+5th c.BC+]; vision, dream, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1102b10 (_plural_), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.30. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__b plural, phenomena, τὰ ἐν ἀέρι φ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 395a29 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: plural, portents, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.62. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II ={φαντασία}[[ 1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356e, “Tht.” 167b, “Prm.” 166a, “R.” 598b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 428a1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2pp.37,51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] U.; distinguished from εἰκών, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 236c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]