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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Φῶκος (Phôkos, “Phocus”) + -ῐς (-is)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰɔː.kís/ → /ɸoˈcis/ → /foˈcis/
Proper noun
Φωκῐ́ς • (Phōkís) f (genitive Φωκῐ́δος); third declension
- Phocis, Greece
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References
- “Φωκίς”, 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
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