phoenicas
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);
acc. pl. - Entry →Phoenice, Phoenices:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
- Geography:
- Near East
Phoenicia; (coast region of Syria); wild grass; rye grass/Lolium perenne?;
acc. pl.
Examples
- M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."