Lewis & Short

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1. phōcis, ĭdis, f., a kind of pear-tree on the isle of Chios, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 237.

2. Phōcis, ĭdis, f., = Φωκίς, 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.

    1. 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,
  1. A. Phōcenses, ium, m., the Phocians, Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 72; Just. 8, 1, 2; Sol. 2.
  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.
  3. C. Phōcĭi, ōrum m., the Phocians, Cic. Pis. 40, 96.
  4. D. Phōcăĭcus, a, um, adj., Phocian: tellus, Ov. M. 2, 569: laurus, i. e. from Parnassus, Luc. 5, 143.