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,
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.