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
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...vidulum te bis convertes, nisi caves: fiet tibi puniceum corium, postea atrum denuo. GRIP. Quod scelus hodie..."Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quin tu me interrogas, purpureum panem an puniceum soleam ego esse an luteum? soleamne esse avis squamosas, piscis..."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..."