punicus

Latin

Alternative forms

• poenicus

Etymology

Variant of poenicus, from Poenus (“Phoenician”) +‎ -icus.

The ethnonym is an adoption of Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix), homophonous with φοῖνιξ (phoînix, “Tyrian purple”). There has been some debate as to whether the ethnonym was derived from the name of the dye or vice versa. While it seems in any case likely that both are influenced by the genuinely Greek adjective φοινός (phoinós, “blood-red”), the ethnonym is recorded already in Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 (po-ni-ki-jo), and is apparently a loan from Egyptian fnḫw (“Asiatics, Semites”),

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.ni.kus/, [ˈpuːnɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ni.kus/, [ˈpuːnikus]

Adjective

pūnicus (feminine pūnica, neuter pūnicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Punic, Carthaginian
2. special appellation for the pomegranate: malum punica or Carthaginian apple or Punic apple or Punica granatum

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pūnicus	pūnica	pūnicum		pūnicī	pūnicae	pūnica
genitive	pūnicī	pūnicae	pūnicī		pūnicōrum	pūnicārum	pūnicōrum
dative	pūnicō	pūnicae	pūnicō		pūnicīs
accusative	pūnicum	pūnicam	pūnicum		pūnicōs	pūnicās	pūnica
ablative	pūnicō	pūnicā	pūnicō		pūnicīs
vocative	pūnice	pūnica	pūnicum		pūnicī	pūnicae	pūnica

Related terms

• Poenī, Pūnī

Descendants

• English: Punic

References

• Cornelius a Lapide, Commentary in Sacram Scripturam, Tomus VI, Commentaria in Jeremiam Prophetam, chapter XVII, Lugduni apud Ludovicum Lesne, 1842, page 741.
• ibid:... Commentary in Isaiam Prophetam, chapter XXXVIII, page 370.
• ibid:... Commentaria in Ezechielem Prophetam, chapter XV, page 1124.
• Cornelius a Lapide, Commentary in Sacram Scripturam, Tomus IX, Commentaria in 1 Epistle ad Timotheum, chapter II, page 741.
• Cornelius a Lapide, Commentary in Sacram Scripturam, Tomus X, Commentaria in Epistle of S. Jacobi, chapter III, page 539.
• ibid:..., Commentaria in Apocalypse S. Joannis, chapter I, page 1038, 1039.
• ibid:...,chapter XXII, from Homer's the Odyssey, page 1356.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punica
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Pomegranate
• https://vulgate.org/ot/songofsolomon_4.htm
• https://vulgate.org/ot/exodus_28.htm
• https://vulgate.org/ot/haggai_2.htm
• https://vulgate.org/ot/1samuel_14.htm
• https://vulgate.org/ot/joel_1.htm