φοῖνιξ, ῑκος, ὁ, ἡ,
Phoenician, Φοῖνιξ ἀνὴρ ἀπατήλια εἰδώς [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.288, compare 13.272, 15.415; ὡς Φ. ἀνήρ, Σιδώνιος κάπηλος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 909. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 feminine, γυνή Φοίνισσα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.417 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Φοίνισσαι, name of plays by Euripides, Phrynichus, etc.; also Φ. ἐμπολά [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.67 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χθών, νᾶσος, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 6, 204 (Lyric poetry), etc.; Φ. βοά [prev. work] 301 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κώπη [[ [prev. author] “Hel.” 1272; Φ. ἄμπεχος “PCair.Zen.” 33.14 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II Carthaginian, ἀλαλατός [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.72; also _feminine_, Φοίνισσαι νῆες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.116, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.80. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B φοῖνιξ, ῑκος, ὁ, purple or crimson, because the discovery and earliest use of this colour was ascribed to the Phoenicians, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.141, 6.219, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.201, etc.:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —hence,
__B.2 as adjective (feminine φοίνισσα [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus (see. below)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φοῖνιξ as feminine, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 815)] Refs 5th c.BC+], blood-bay, of a horse, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.454 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of red cattle, φοίνισσα ἀγέλα [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.205, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.128 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: of the colour of fire, φοίνισσα φλόξ [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πυρὸς φ. πνοά E.[same place]; also φ. ἱμάντες [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 17; πέπλοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 181 (Lyric poetry), etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]