φάσις [ᾰ], εως,
h(: (φαίνω):—
__A denunciation, information laid, γραφαὶ ἢ φάσεις ἢ ἐνδείξεις ἢ ἀπαγωγαί [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.88, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 209 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator _Attic dialect_ 89.36, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.78, Legal cited in [same work] 35.51; ἡ περὶ τὸ πλοῖον φ. [prev. author] 58.5, compare “SIG” 695.83 (Magn.Mae., 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II (φαίνομαι) appearance, of stars, [[ 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 97 b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 342b34, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 122, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.10, etc.: special uses, ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.a πρὸς τὸν ὁρίζοντα φ. appearance above the horizon, opposed to ὑπὸ τὸν ὁρίζοντα κρύψις, [[ 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 13.2. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__A.II.b heliacal rising, opposed to κρύψις, φ. ἑῷαι, ἑσπέριαι, [[ 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 99, compare “Alm.” 8.6, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.II.c including the previous signification and κρύψεις, [[ [prev. author] “Phas.” p.3 H., +others (_plural_), 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 241.30 (_plural_). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.II.d plural, phases of the moon, [[ 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 8.11, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.904, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.491, 497. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]