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 Latin) IPA(key): [pʰoe̯ˈniː.keː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [feˈniː.t͡ʃe] === Proper noun === Phoenīcē f sg (genitive Phoenīcēs); first declension Phoenicia ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Phoenice, Phœnice, Phenice Middle French: PhœniceFrench: (archaic) Phœnice, Phénice === References === “Phoenice”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Phœnīcē, ēs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.