phoenica
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Phoenica, Phoenicae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
- Geography:
- Near East
Phoenicia; (coastal region of Syria);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...ille Poenulus - scis enim Citieos, clientes tuos, e Phoenica profectos -, homo igitur acutus, causam non optinens repugnante natura..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quae reparet seque ipsa reseminet, ales: Assyrii phoenica vocant; non fruge neque herbis, sed turis lacrimis et suco..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...totum spectes, geminas qui separat arctos. nec mora, Phoenicas, sive illi tela parabant sive fugam, sive ipse timor..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...saxis cernuntur), et litterarum semet inventores perhibent; inde Phoenicas, quia mari praepollebant, intulisse Graeciae gloriamque adeptos, tamquam reppererint..."