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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Phorcus</b>: i (also [[Phorcys]], yos, and Phorcyn, ȳnos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., [[but]] acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = [[Φόρκος]], [[Φόρκυς]], and [[Φόρκυν]],<br /><b>I</b> [[son]] of [[Neptune]], [[father]] of [[Medusa]] and the [[other]] Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, [[who]] [[was]] changed [[after]] [[death]] [[into]] a [[sea]]-[[god]], Cic. Univ. 11, 35: Phorci [[chorus]], Verg. A. 5, 240; or, Phorci [[exercitus]], i. e. [[sea]]-gods, id. ib. 5, 824: [[pater]] [[Phorcys]], Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> [[Phorcys]], ydos ([[Phorcis]], ĭdis), f., a [[female]] [[descendant]] of [[Phorcus]]: ora Phorcydos, i. e. of [[Medusa]], Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8: geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum, i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Phorcȳnis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., the [[daughter]] of [[Phorcus]], i. e. Medu- sa, Ov. M. 5, 230; Luc. 9, 626.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Phorcus</b>,¹⁴ ī, m. ([[Φόρκος]] et [[Φόρκυς]]), [[Phorcus]] ou [[Phorcys]] [fils de Neptune, père des [[Gorgones]], changé en un dieu marin] : Hyg. Fab. præf. 4 ; Virg. En. 5, 240 ; Plin. 36, 26 &#124;&#124; formes <b>-cys</b>, yis et <b>-cyn</b>, ynis d’après Prisc. Gramm. 6, 28 ; 6, 92.||formes <b>-cys</b>, yis et <b>-cyn</b>, ynis d’après Prisc. Gramm. 6, 28 ; 6, 92.
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{{Georges
|georg=Phorcus, ī, m. ([[Φόρκος]]) u. [[Phorcys]], yis, m. ([[Φόρκυς]]) u. Phorcȳn, ȳnis, m. ([[Φόρκυν]]), [[Sohn]] [[des]] Neptun, [[Vater]] der [[Medusa]] u. ihrer Schwestern, [[nach]] seinem Tode zum [[Meergott]] erhoben, [[Form]] [[Phorcus]], Hyg. fab. praef. p. 4 u. 7 M. Lucan. 9, 645. Val Flacc. 3, 727: Phorci [[chorus]], Meergottheiten, Plin. 36, 26. Verg. Aen. 5, 240: dass. Phorci [[exercitus]], Verg. Aen. 5, 824. – die Formen [[Phorcys]] u. [[Phorcyn]] [[nur]] angef. [[bei]] Prisc. 6, 28 sq. u. 6, 92 ([[nach]] Serv. Verg. Aen. 5, 240 im Lateinischen [[ungebräuchlich]]). – Dav.: A) (v. [[Phorcus]]) [[Phorcis]] ([[nicht]] [[Phorcys]]), [[idos]], Akk. Plur. idas, f., [[Tochter]] [[des]] Phorkus, [[ora]] Phorcidos, der [[Medusa]], Prop.: [[aber]] sorores Phorcides = [[Graeae]], Ov.: Abl. Plur. Phorcisi, Hyg. astr. 2, 12 (wo [[noch]] Muncker [[Phorcys]]). – B) (v. [[Phorcyn]]) Phorcȳnis, [[idos]], Akk. ida, f., [[Tochter]] [[des]] Phorkus, Ph. [[Medusa]], Ov. [[met]]. 4, 743. Lucan. 9, 626: u. so bl. Ph., die [[Medusa]] = das [[Medusenhaupt]], Ov. [[met]]. 5, 230.
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{{wkpen
|wketx=In Greek mythology, [[Phorcys]] or [[Phorcus]] (/ˈfɔːrsɪs/; Ancient Greek: [[Φόρκυς]], romanized: Phórkus) is a primordial sea god, generally cited (first in [[Hesiod]]) as the son of [[Pontus]] and [[Gaia]] (Earth). According to the Orphic hymns, [[Phorcys]], [[Cronus]] and [[Rhea]] were the eldest offspring of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys]]. Classical scholar Karl Kerenyi conflated Phorcys with the similar sea gods [[Nereus]] and [[Proteus]]. His wife was [[Ceto]], and he is most notable in myth for fathering by Ceto a host of monstrous children. In extant Hellenistic-Roman mosaics, Phorcys was depicted as a fish-tailed merman with crab-claw forelegs and red, spiky skin.
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{{trml
|trtx=ar: فوركيس; az: Forki; be: Форкій; bg: Форкис; bn: ফোর্কিস; br: Forkys; ca: Forcis; cs: Forkýs; da: Forkys; de: Phorkys; el: Φόρκυς; en: Phorcys; eo: Forkiso; es: Forcis; et: Phorkys ja Keto; eu: Fortzis; fa: فورسیس; fi: Forkys; fr: Phorcys; ga: Forcis; he: פורקיס; hr: Fork; hu: Phorküsz; hy: Փորկիս; id: Forkis; it: Forco; ja: ポルキュース; ko: 포르키스; la: Phorcus; lb: Phorkys; lt: Forkinas; mk: Форкиј; nl: Phorcys; no: Forkys; pl: Forkos; pt: Fórcis; ro: Phorcys; ru: Форкий; sco: Phorcys; sr: Форкије; sv: Forkys; tr: Forkis; uk: Форкій; zh: 福耳库斯
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