Phoenice

See also: phoenice

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē), from φοίνικι (phoíniki, Phoenicians), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 (po-ni-ki-jo), from Egyptian fnḫw (Canaanites, Syrians),




Pronunciation

Proper noun

Phoenīcē f sg (genitive Phoenīcēs); first declension

  1. Phoenicia

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

singular
nominative Phoenīcē
genitive Phoenīcēs
dative Phoenīcae
accusative Phoenīcēn
ablative Phoenīcē
vocative Phoenīcē

References

  • Phoenice”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Phoenice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.