Phocis

Phocis
1.
phōcis, ĭdis, f., a kind of pear-tree on the isle of Chios, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 237.
2.
Phōcis, ĭdis, f., = Phôkis, the country between Bœotia and Ætolia, in which were the mountains of Parnassus and Helicon, the Castalian spring, and the river Cephisus, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7; Liv. 28, 5, 16; Ov. M. 1, 313; Stat. Th. 1, 64.—
2.
Transf., erroneously, in consequence of the similarity in the sound, for Phocœa:

Phocide relictā, Graii, qui nunc Massiliam colunt, etc.,

 Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 7, 8; Luc. 3, 340; 4, 256; Sid. Carm. 23, 13; Gell. 10, 16, 4.—Hence,
A.
Phōcenses, ium, m., the Phocians, Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 72; Just. 8, 1, 2; Sol. 2.—
B.
Phōcēus, a, um, adj., Phocian:

rura,

 Ov. M. 5, 276:

Anetor,

 id. ib. 11, 348:

juvenis,

 Pylades, son of King Strophius of Phocis, id. Tr. 1, 5, 21.—
C.
Phōcĭi, ōrum m., the Phocians, Cic. Pis. 40, 96.—
D.
Phōcăĭcus, a, um, adj., Phocian:

tellus,

 Ov. M. 2, 569:

laurus,

 i. e. from Parnassus, Luc. 5, 143.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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