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Phocaean
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Phocæan
English
Alternative forms
en Phocæan Phocean
Etymology
From en la:Phocaeus -an or en Phocaea n.
Pronunciation
en /fəʊˈsiːən/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Phocaean.wav Southern England
Adjective
en Ancient Greece Of or pertaining to Phocaea or its inhabitants.
Translations
of or pertaining to Phocaea
Catalan: ca foceu
French: fr phocéen
Galician: gl focense
Italian: it foceo
Latin: la Phōcaeus, la Phōcaicus
Occitan: oc focenc, oc focèu
Russian: ru фокейский
Spanish: es foceo
Noun
en Ancient Greece An inhabitant of Phocaea.
451 I The discipline of the navy was not equal to the valour of the enterprise; Dionysius, commander of the Phocæans, attempted, perhaps too rigorously, to enforce it;—jealousy and disgust broke out among the troops—and the Samian leaders, whether displeased with their allies, or tempted by the Persians, who, through the medium of the exiled tyrants of Greece, serving with them, maintained correspondence with the Ionians, secretly agreed to desert in the midst of the ensuing battle.
Translations
an inhabitant of Phocaea
Catalan: ca foceu m, ca focea f
French: fr Phocéen m, fr Phocéenne f
Galician: gl focense
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Φωκαιεύς
Italian: it foceo m, it focea f
Latin: la Phōcaeus m
Russian: ru фокеец m
Spanish: es foceo m, es focea f, es focense