(adj.adj.) : Phōcis, ĭdis, f., = Φωκίς
* The country between Boeotia and Aetolia, 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.
* Transf., erroneously, in consequence of the similarity in the sound, for Phocoea: 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
* Phōcenses, ium, m., the Phocians, Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 72; Just. 8, 1, 2; Sol. 2.
* 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.
* Phōcĭi, ōrum m., the Phocians, Cic. Pis. 40, 96.
* Phōcăĭcus, a, um, adj., Phocian: tellus,Ov. M. 2, 569: laurus,i. e. from Parnassus,Luc. 5, 143.