punicus

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Etymology[edit]

Variant of poenicus, from Poeni "Phoenicians" + -icus. The ethnonym is an adoption of Greek Φοίνικες, singular Φοῖνιξ, homophonous with φοῖνιξ, the Greek name of 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 "blood-red", the ethnonym goes is recorded already in Mycenean as po-ni-ki-jo, and is apparently a loan from Egyptian fnḫw (fenkhu), a term for "Asiatics, Semites".

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pūnicus m ‎(feminine pūnica, neuter pūnicum); first/second declension

  1. Punic, Carthaginian

Inflection[edit]

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative pūnicus pūnica pūnicum pūnicī pūnicae pūnica
genitive pūnicī pūnicae pūnicī pūnicōrum pūnicārum pūnicōrum
dative pūnicō pūnicō pūnicīs
accusative pūnicum pūnicam pūnicum pūnicōs pūnicās pūnica
ablative pūnicō pūnicā pūnicō pūnicīs
vocative pūnice pūnica pūnicum pūnicī pūnicae pūnica

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