Phocis

See also: phocis

English

Alternative forms

• Phokis

Proper noun

Phocis

1. A regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, in modern Greece. Capital and largest city: Amphissa. It is located north northeast of the Peloponnese, which included Delphi.

Translations

a periphery in the southwest Central Greece

• Greek: Φωκίδα (el) (Fokída)

  Ancient: Φωκίς (Phōkís)

• Italian: Focide f
• Latin: Phocis
• Portuguese: Fócida f

Anagrams

• sophic

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φωκίς (Phōkís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰoː.kis/, [ˈpʰoːkɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.t͡ʃis/, [ˈfɔːt͡ʃis]

Proper noun

Phōcis f sg (genitive Phōcidis); third declension

1. An ancient region in Greece

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Phōcis
genitive	Phōcidis
dative	Phōcidī
accusative	Phōcidem
ablative	Phōcide
vocative	Phōcis

Derived terms

• Phōcensēs
• Phōciī

Related terms

• Phōcaicus
• Phōcēus

References

• “Phōcis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Phocis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Phocis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly