Phōcaea, ae, f., = Φωκαία, a maritime town of Ionia, a colony of the Athenians, whose inhabitants fled, to escape from Persian domination, and founded Massilia, now Fouges or Foggia, Mel. 1, 17, 3; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 119; 5, 30, 32, § 121; Liv. 37, 31 sq.; cf. Gell. 10, 16, 4, and v. 2. Phocis, B.

— Hence, Phōcaeensis, e, adj., Phocaean: Graeci, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 35.

—In plur. subst.: Phōcaeenses, ium, m., the Phocaeans, Liv. 37, 21, 7; 38, 39, 12 Drak. ad loc.; Plin. 3, 4, 4, § 22; Just. 43, 3, 20.

— Phō-caei, ōrum, m., the Phocaeans, Mel. 1, 19; 2, 5; Hor. Epod. 16, 17.

— Phōcaicus, a, um, adj., Phocaean: murex, which was taken near Phocaea, Ov. M. 6, 9.

— Transf., Massilian: ora, Sil. 4, 52: Phocaicae Emporiae, a Spanish town founded by the Massilians, id. 3, 369.

— Phōcais, idis, f. adj., Phocaean; poet. for Massilian: juventus, Luc. 3, 301: ballista, constructed with great skill by the Massilians, Sil. 1, 335.

— Phōcenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Phocaea, the Phocaeans, Just. 37, 1, 1.