adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
Pūnicus
Pūnicus (feminine Pūnica, neuter Pūnicum)
Classical[ˈpuː.nɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpuː.ni.kus]
Meaning
- adjectivePunic, Carthaginian
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pūnicus | Pūnica Poenica | Pūnicum Poenicum |
| genitive | Pūnicī Poenicī | Pūnicae Poenicae | Pūnicī Poenicī |
| dative | Pūnicō Poenicō | Pūnicae Poenicae | Pūnicō Poenicō |
| accusative | Pūnicum Poenicum | Pūnicam Poenicam | Pūnicum Poenicum |
| ablative | Pūnicō Poenicō | Pūnicā Poenicā | Pūnicō Poenicō |
| vocative | Pūnice Poenice | Pūnica Poenica | Pūnicum Poenicum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pūnicī Poenicī | Pūnicae Poenicae | Pūnica Poenica |
| genitive | Pūnicōrum Poenicōrum | Pūnicārum Poenicārum | Pūnicōrum Poenicōrum |
| dative | Pūnicīs Poenicīs | Pūnicīs Poenicīs | Pūnicīs Poenicīs |
| accusative | Pūnicōs Poenicōs | Pūnicās Poenicās | Pūnica Poenica |
| ablative | Pūnicīs Poenicīs | Pūnicīs Poenicīs | Pūnicīs Poenicīs |
| vocative | Pūnicī Poenicī | Pūnicae Poenicae | Pūnica Poenica |
Pūnĭcus, a, um, v. Poeni, B.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Pūnicus (Poen-) adj.
Poeni, Punic, Carthaginian : litterae: fides, i. e. perfidy , S.: perfidia, L.: regna, V.— Of the Phoenician color, purple, purplered : rostra (psittaci), O.: punico Lugubre mutavit sagum, H.
Origins
Variant of Poenicus, from Poenus (“Phoenician”) + -icus. The ethnonym is an adoption of Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix), homophonous with φοῖνιξ (phoînix, “Tyrian purple”). There has been some debate as to whether the ethnonym was derived from the name of the dye or vice versa. While it seems in any case likely that both are influenced by the genuinely Greek adjective φοινός (phoinós, “blood-red”), the ethnonym is recorded already in Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 (po-ni-ki-jo), and is apparently a loan from Egyptian fnḫw (“Asiatics, Semites”), f:n:x-w-V12:Z2
Descendants
- EnglishPunic
- Frenchpunique
- DutchPunisch