Lewis Short
(adj.adj.) : Barcas (Barca), ae, m., = Βάρκας [, a gleaming, or a gleaming sword, as an epithet of heroes; cf. Gesenius, Gesch. d. Hebr. Spr. und Schr, p. 229]
* Ancestor of a distinguished family in Carthage to which Hamilcar and Hannibal belonged, hence, a surname of Hamilcar, Nep. Ham. 1, 1.— Hence
* Derivv
* Barcīnus, a, um, adj., of Barcas, or pertaining to the family or party of Barcas: familia Barcina,Liv. 23, 13, 6: factio,id. 21, 9, 4.—Subst.: Bar-cīni, ōrum, m., the Barcini, Liv 21, 3, 3.— Poet.: Barcina clades,near the river Metaurus, where Hasdrubal was conquered and slain,Sid. Carm. 2, 532.
* Bar-caeus, a, um, adj., of Barcas, Barcoean: juvenis,i. e. Hannibal,Sil. 10, 355; 12, 200.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary