(adjective) : Āfer, fra, frum, v. Africa
* African: litus,Ov. H. 7, 169: aequora,the sea between Africa and Sicily,id. F. 4, 289: avis, i. e. a Numidian hen, in high estimation on account of its size and rareness, Hor. Epod. 2, 53: Afro Murice tinctae lanae,i. e. of Goetulia,id. C. 2, 16, 35; cf. id. Ep. 2, 2, 181, and Ov. F. 2, 318.—Hence, subst.: Āfer, an African, and A_fri, ōrum, m., Africans, Cic. Balb. 18: sitientes Afri,Verg. E. 1, 65: discincti, ungirded, i. e. unwarlike, id. A. 8, 724: dirus Afer,i. e. Hannibal,Hor. C. 4, 4, 42.—Poet.: medius liquor Secernit Europen ab Afro,i. e. from Africa,Hor. C. 3, 3, 47.

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• P. Aelius Hadrianus Afer (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 0185 | PIR ID772
• Afer (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 0436 | PIR ID1072
• Afer (Masc), ref: Mart. 4, 37 | PIR ID1073
• Cn. Domitius Afer (Masc, senator), ref: PIR D 0126 | PIR ID5393
• Etrilius Afer (Masc), ref: PIR E 0102 | PIR ID5616
• L. Iunius Afer (Masc, senator), ref: PIR I 0728 | PIR ID7912
• M. Messius Rusticus Aemilius Afer Cutius Romulus Priscianus Arrius Proculus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR M 0523 | PIR ID9203
• T. Oppius Afer Pollius Tertullus (Masc), ref: Devijver PME O 20 | PIR ID9899
• Senecio Memmius Afer (Masc, senator), ref: PIR M 0457 | PIR ID12092
• Septimius Afer Aper (Masc, senator), ref: PIR S 0430 | PIR ID12150
• Tedius Afer (Masc, senator), ref: PIR T1 0037 | PIR ID12932
• Uttiedius Afer (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0692 | PIR ID13716

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