Phoenice, Phoenices:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension · variant: 6th
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
- Geography:
- Near East
Phoenicia; (coast region of Syria); wild grass; rye grass/Lolium perenne?;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | Phoenice | Phoenicae |
| Gen. | Phoenices | Phoenicarum |
| Dat. | Phoenicae | Phoenicis |
| Acc. | Phoenicen | Phoenicas |
| Voc. | Phoenice | Phoenicae |
| Abl. | Phoenice | Phoenicis |
Examples
- M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...flexo limite ponticertior haud ullis duxit Cynosura carinis.(Phoenices primi, famae si creditur, ausi 220mansuram rudibus uocem signare..." - A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...pacto congruere tecum potest, quod scribit in Phoenice in hisce versibus: sed virum vera virtute vivere animatum addecet..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...Cycladibusque insulis, Corcyra, Athenis, Ponto, Bithynia, Syria, Cilicia, Phoenice, Aegypto classem coegerat, magnam omnibus locis aedificandam curaverat; magnam..." - T
Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...legatos miserunt. Antiochus rex, ea hieme Raphiae in Phoenice Ptolomaeo regi Aegypti filia in matrimonium data, cum Antiochiam..." - T
Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quidem regis abhorrebat animus—ut in Epirum transiret. Phoenice urbs est Epiri; ibi prius conlocutus rex cum Aeropo..." - G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...victi omnes in gentem nomenque imperantium concessere. Postea Phoenices, alii multitudinis domi minuendae gratia, pars imperi cupidine sollicitata..." - P
Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Arabia terminantur, a meridie Aegyptus obiacet, ab occasu Phoenices et mare, septentrionem e latere Syriae longe prospectant. Corpora..."