Phocis

See also: phocis

English

Alternative forms

• Phokis

Proper noun

Phocis

1. A periphery in southwest Central Greece and north northeast of the Peloponnese, which included Delphi; the capital is presently its largest city, Amphissa.

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

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φωκίς (Phōkís).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Phōcis f sg (genitive Phōcidis); third declension

1. (geography) a region of ancient Greece

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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