Φωκίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Φῶκος (Phôkos, “Phocus”) +‎ -ῐς (-is)

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Φωκῐ́ς • (Phōkís) f (genitive Φωκῐ́δος); third declension

  1. Phocis, Greece

Declension
Third declension of ἡ Φωκῐ́ς; τῆς Φωκῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Φωκῐ́ς
hē Phōkís
Genitive τῆς Φωκῐ́δος
tês Phōkídos
Dative τῇ Φωκῐ́δῐ
têi Phōkídi
Accusative τὴν Φωκῐ́δᾰ
tḕn Phōkída
Vocative Φωκῐ́ς
Phōkís
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: Φωκίδα (Fokída)
  • Latin: Phōcis

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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