Phoenice

See also: phoenice

Latin

Alternative forms

• Phœnīcē
• Phoenīcia
• Phœnīcia

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰoe̯ˈniː.keː/, [pʰoe̯ˈniːkeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈni.t͡ʃe/, [feˈniːt͡ʃe]

Proper noun

Phoenīcē f sg (genitive Phoenīcēs); first declension

1. Phoenicia

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Phoenīcē
Genitive	Phoenīcēs
Dative	Phoenīcae
Accusative	Phoenīcēn
Ablative	Phoenīcē
Vocative	Phoenīcē

Related terms

• Phoenices
• phoeniceus
• Phoenicia
• Phoenicias
• Phoenicius
• Phoenissa
• Phoenissus
• Phoenix
• Punicus

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.