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Phōcis , ĭdis, f., = Φωκίς,
I.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.
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    • Cicero, Against Piso, 40.96
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.348
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.313
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.569
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.276
    • Lucan, Civil War, 3.340
    • Lucan, Civil War, 4.256
    • Lucan, Civil War, 5.143
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 5.16
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.16.4
    • Ovid, Tristia, 1.5
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
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