puniceum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Puniceus, Punicea, Puniceum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Africa
Carthaginian, Punic; [Puniceum pomum/Punicum malum => pomegranate];; scarlet, crimson;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...vidulum te bis convertes, nisi caves: fiet tibi puniceum corium, postea atrum denuo. GRIP. Quod scelus hodie..." - T
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quin tu me interrogas, purpureum panem an puniceum soleam ego esse an luteum? soleamne esse avis squamosas, piscis..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...solverat et, cultis dum simplex errat in hortis, puniceum curva decerpserat arbore pomum sumptaque pallenti septem de cortice..."