Phōcis, ĭdis, f., = Φωκίς,
I 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.—
2 Transf., erroneously, in consequence of the similarity in the sound, for Phocaea : 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.