proper noun
Barcē
Meaning
- A town in the Libyan province Pentapolis
Barcē, ēs, f., = Βάρκη.
I. A town in the Libyan province Pentapolis, afterwards called Ptolemais, now Tolometa or Dolmeita (acc. to others, the ruins of Merdsjeh), Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 32.—Hence, Barcaei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Barce, enemies of Dido (poet. prolepsis), Verg. A. 4, 43.—
II. The nurse of Sichœus, Verg. A. 4, 632.