noun

Phōcaea

gen. Phōcae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

a maritime town of Ionia; a colony of the Athenians; whose inhabitants fled

a maritime town of Ionia, a colony of the Athenians, whose inhabitants fled, to escape from Persian domination, and founded Massilia, now Fouges or Foggia, Mel. 1, 17, 3; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 119; 5, 30, 32, § 121; Liv. 37, 31 sq.; cf. Gell. 10, 16, 4, and v. 2. Phocis, B.— Hence,

Phocœan; the Phocœans •

Phōcaeensis, e, adj., Phocœan: Graeci, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 35.—In plur. subst.: Phōcaeenses, ĭum, m., the Phocœans, Liv. 37, 21, 7; 38, 39, 12 Drak. ad loc.; Plin. 3, 4, 4, § 22; Just. 43, 3, 20.—

the Phocœans

Phō-caei, ōrum, m., the Phocœans, Mel. 1, 19; 2, 5; Hor. Epod. 16, 17.—

Phocœan •

Phōcăĭcus, a, um, adj., Phocœan: murex, which was taken near Phocœa, Ov. M. 6, 9.—

Massilian by extension •

Transf., Massilian: ora, Sil. 4, 52: Phocaicae Emporiae, a Spanish town founded by the Massilians, id. 3, 369.—

Phocœan;; Massilian poetic •

Phōcăis, ĭdis, f. adj., Phocœan; poet. for Massilian: juventus, Luc. 3, 301: ballista, constructed with great skill by the Massilians, Sil. 1, 335.—

the inhabitants of Phocœa; the Phocœans

Phōcenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Phocœa, the Phocœans, Just. 37, 1, 1.

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