phasis
Fasus, Colchorum fluvius
Scithia ‥ †habent [MS: habet ] et flumina magna ‥ †Fasidem [MS: Fasiden ] et Araxen
inter montem Caucasum et flumen Scithie Rasidem vel, ut alii dicunt, Fasidem
lapis Medus ‥ nascitur apud fluvium Ffasin
phasianus ab insula que ~is dicta est nomen habet
aves ~idis [gl.: ] sive fasianifaisans
nec adeo tempestive ornat natura rubricatis barbis gallos ~idos ‥ ut gallos domesticos
querit ‥ pulmentarium, ‥ non cervum, non ~ides aves, non gallinaceum
appositam mihi ~idem avem
Phasis
(φάσις). A Greek legal term used to denote any kind of information, or, more strictly, one of the various methods by which public offenders at Athens might be prosecuted. Its peculiarity was its purely public nature, this offence being regarded as wholly affecting the State. The prosecutor received half the penalty (τίμημα). The offences subject to phasis are enumerated by Pollux (viii. 47), and refer to the infraction of mining laws, customs regulations, etc.