Φώκαια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from Φωκίς (Phōkís, “Phocis”), the region that the settlers of Phocaea supposedly came from; ultimately from φώκη (phṓkē, “seal [sea mammal]”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔ̌ː.kai̯.a/ → /ˈɸo.cɛ.a/ → /ˈfo.ce.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɔ̌ː.kai̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰo.kɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸo.cɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ce.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ce.a/

Proper noun

Φώκαιᾰ • (Phṓkaia) f (genitive Φωκαίᾱς); first declension

1. Phocaea, Ionia; Foça, İzmir, Turkey

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Φώκαιᾰ; τῆς Φωκαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Φώκαιᾰ hē Phṓkaia
Genitive	τῆς Φωκαίᾱς tês Phōkaíās
Dative	τῇ Φωκαίᾳ têi Phōkaíāi
Accusative	τὴν Φώκαιᾰν tḕn Phṓkaian
Vocative	Φώκαιᾰ Phṓkaia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Φωκαιεύς (Phōkaieús)
• Φωκαιίς (Phōkaiís)

Related terms

• Φῶκος (Phôkos)
• Φωκεύς (Phōkeús)
• Φώκιος (Phṓkios)

Descendants

• Greek: Φώκαια (Fókaia)
• → German: Phokaia
• → Latin: Phōcaea
  • Catalan: Phocea
  • English: Phocaea
  • French: Phocée
  • Italian: Focea
  • Spanish: Focea
• Ottoman Turkish: فوچه (Foça)
  • Turkish: Foça
• Turkish: Phokaia

References

• “Φώκαια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022