Phorcus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Phorcus: 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,
I 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,
   A 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.—
   B Phorcȳnis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., the daughter of Phorcus, i. e. Medu- sa, Ov. M. 5, 230; Luc. 9, 626.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Phorcus,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 || formes -cys, yis et -cyn, ynis d’après Prisc. Gramm. 6, 28 ; 6, 92.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.

Wikipedia EN

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.

Translations

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