Bible Lexicons

";information"; (Act. 21:31). The word is common, e.g. P Oxy IV. 805 (B.C. 25) ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἐρχομένοις πλ [ο ]ίοις καλαὶ φάσεις ἐλεύσονται παρ᾽ [ἐ ]μοῦ, ib. II. 294.15 (A.D. 22) ἐγὼ δὲ αὐτὸς οὔπω οὐδὲ ἐνήλεπα ἕως ἀκούσω φάσιν παρὰ σοῦ περὶ ἁπάντων, ";I am not so much as anointing myself until I hear word from you on each point"; (Edd.), P Ryl II. 231.6 (A.D. 40) πέμψας μοι φάσιν ἵνα πέμψω ἐπὶ αὐτούς, ";send me word in order that I may send for them"; (Edd.), similarly Preisigke 7258.6, and P Oxy X. 1274.6 (iii/A.D.) ἐπεὶ ἀπευκταίας μ [ο ]ι καταγγελείσης φα ̣σ ̣[ε ]ω ̣ς περὶ τελευτῆς τοῦ μακαρείτου μου ἀνδ [ρός, ";in consequence of the lamentable news announced to me concerning the death of my beloved husband"; (Edd.).

For the word in a horoscope cf. P Lond 130.21 (i/ii A.D.) (= I. p. 133) πρός τε μοῖραν καὶ λεπτὸν σχῆμά τε καὶ φάσιν. In P Tor I. 1ix. 8 (B.C. 116) (= Chrest. II. p. 39) φάσεσι δὲ καὶ λόγωι προφερομένου εἶναι αὑτοῦ τὴν οἰκίαν, φάσεσι = ";verbis tantum.";