English

Phoenicia

Alternative forms

• Phenicia (nonstandard)
• Phœnicia (archaic)

Proper noun

Phoenicia

1. the land of city states of the Phoenicians which around 1000 BC was situated on the coast of present day Syria and Lebanon, and included the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
2. the trading empire of the Phoenicians which spread across most of the eastern Mediterranean Sea as far west as Sicily.

Derived terms

• Phoenician

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• Phoenīcē

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φοινίκη ‎(Phoiníkē), from Φοῖνιξ ‎(Phoînix, “Phoenician”), from Egyptian [Egyptian hieroglyphic needed] ‎(Fenkhw, “Syrians”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰoe̯ˈniː.ki.a/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fɛˈni.t͡ʃi.a/, [fɛˈniː.t͡ʃi̯a], [fɛˈniː.t͡ʃa]

Proper noun

Phoenīcia f ‎(genitive Phoenīciae); first declension

1. Phoenicia

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Related terms

• Phoenīces
• phoenīcius
• Phoenissus
• Phoenix

Descendants

• English: Phoenicia

References

• Phoenicia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Phoenicia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Latin

Adjective

phoenīcia

1. nominative feminine singular of phoenīcius
2. nominative neuter plural of phoenīcius
3. accusative neuter plural of phoenīcius
4. vocative feminine singular of phoenīcius
5. vocative neuter plural of phoenīcius

phoenīciā

1. ablative feminine singular of phoenīcius