Phocis
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English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Phocis
- 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
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φωκίς (Phōkís).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpʰoː.kis/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.t͡ʃis/,
Proper noun
Phōcis f sg (genitive Phōcidis); third declension
- An ancient region in Greece
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Phōcis |
| Genitive | Phōcidis |
| Dative | Phōcidī |
| Accusative | Phōcidem |
| Ablative | Phōcide |
| Vocative | Phōcis |
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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