(Adj.adj.adj.adj.) : Phoenīcē, ēs (Phoenīca, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56, v. Madv. ad loc.; Poenīcē, Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 22 al.), f., = Φοινίκη
* Phoenicia, a country of Syria, especially celebrated for the purple which came from there; its principal cities were Tyre and Sidon, Mel. 1, 12; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; 5, 19, 17, § 75; 36, 26, 65, § 190; Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; id. Phil. 11, 13, 35; id. Fin. 4, 20, 56.—Called also Phoenīcĭa, ae, f., Mart. Cap. 6, §§ 678, 680; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 446; 3, 88.
* A small island in the Aegean Sea, otherwise called Ios, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 69.
* A town of Epirus, Liv. 29, 12.
* Phoenīces, um, m., the Phoenicians, celebrated as the earliest navigators and as founders of many colonies, especially of Carthage, Mel. 1, 12; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67; Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 106; Luc. 3, 220; Tac. A. 11, 14.—In sing.: Phoenix, a Phoenician, Cadmus, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 197.
* Transf., the Carthaginians, Sil. 13, 730; in sing., a Carthaginian, id. 16, 25.—Adj., Phoenician: elate,Plin. 29, 3, 13, § 56.
* Phoenī-cĕus (poenī-, foenī-), a, um, adj., = φοινίκεος, purple-red: aut phoeniceum florem habet aut purpureum, aut lacteum,Plin. 21, 23, 94, § 164; cf. Gell. 2, 26, 9: poeniceas vestes,Ov. M. 12, 104: poeniceum corium,i. e. made purple-red with blows,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 92.
* Phoenīcĭus, a, um, adj., Phoenician: mare,Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67.
* Phoenissus, a, um, adj., Phoenician: Dido,Verg. A. 1, 670: exsul,i. e. Anna,Ov. F. 3, 595: Tyros,id. M. 15, 288.—As subst.: Phoenissa, ae, f.: Dido,Verg. A. 1, 714.—Plur.: Phoenissae, the Phoenician women, the name of a tragedy by Euripides; also of one by Seneca.
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* Phoenīcĭas, ae, m., the south-south-east wind, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120.
* Carthaginian: classis,Sil. 7, 409: juventa,id. 17, 632.—In neutr. plur.: Phoenissa agmina,Sil. 17, 174.—Subst.: Phoenissa, ae, f., Carthage, Sil. 6, 312.