Phoenice

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/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fɛˈniː.t͡ʃeː/

Proper noun

Phoenīcē f (genitive Phoenīcēs); first declension

1. Phoenicia

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