Φώκαια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from Φωκίς (Phōkís, “Phocis”), the region that the settlers of Phocaea supposedly came from; ultimately from φώκη (phṓkē, “seal [sea mammal]”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɔ̌ː.kai̯.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰo.kɛ.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸo.cɛ.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ce.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ce.a/

Proper noun

Φώκαιᾰ • (Phṓkaiă) f (genitive Φωκαίᾱς); first declension

(Ancient Greece) Phocaea (an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, now located in İzmir Province, Turkey; modern Foça)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Φώκαιᾰ; τῆς Φωκαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Φώκαιᾰ hē Phṓkaiă
Genitive	τῆς Φωκαίᾱς tês Phōkaíās
Dative	τῇ Φωκαίᾳ tēî Phōkaíāi
Accusative	τὴν Φώκαιᾰν tḕn Phṓkaiăn
Vocative	Φώκαιᾰ Phṓkaiă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Φωκαιεύς (Phōkaieús)
Φωκαιίς (Phōkaiís)

Related terms

Φῶκος (Phôkos)
Φωκεύς (Phōkeús)
Φώκιος (Phṓkios)

Descendants

Greek: Φώκαια (Fókaia)
→ German: Phokaia
→ Latin: Phōcaea
- Catalan: Phocea
- English: Phocaea
- French: Phocée
- Italian: Focea
- Spanish: Focea
Ottoman Turkish: فوچه (Foça)
- Turkish: Foça
Turkish: Phokaia

References

“Φώκαια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022