Locris

[ loh-kris ]

/ ˈloʊ krɪs /

either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.

OTHER WORDS FROM Locris

Lo·cri·an, noun, adjective

He was a native of Himera in Sicily, but possibly a Locrian by descent.

Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) |John Addington Symonds
Nicias with his sixty ships coasted alongshore and ravaged the Locrian seaboard, and so returned home.

The History of the Peloponnesian War |Thucydides
But the son of Oileus, leading an equal number of Locrian ships, came, having left the Thronian city.

The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. |Euripides
The Locrian dialect of Greek is little known, but resembles that of Elis: it has στ for σθ; uses α; and has οις in dat.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7 |Various

The earliest examples apparently occur in Elean and Locrian inscriptions.

The Heroic Age |H. Munro Chadwick

Locrian

/ (ˈləʊkrɪən, ˈlɒk-) /

of or relating to Locris, an ancient region of central Greece, or its inhabitants

a native or inhabitant of Locris

Locris

/ (ˈləʊkrɪs, ˈlɒk-) /

an ancient region of central Greece