Punic
Of or relating to ancient Carthage, its inhabitants, or their languageOf or relating to ancient Carthage, its inhabitants, or their language.
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Meaning
2 sensesOf or relating to ancient Carthage, its inhabitants, or their language.
of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language
(ethnic, figuratively, slur)Perfidious, treacherous, faithless.
Examples
4 sentencesHave all Berber languages been influenced by Punic?
Tom is writing an alternative history where the Carthaginians won the Punic Wars.
Tom's conlang is a descendant of Punic spoken in an alternate reality Italy.
Punic is very similar to Hebrew.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Latin Pūnicus, variant of Poenicus, from Poenus + -icus, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ (PFrom Latin Pūnicus, variant of Poenicus, from Poenus + -icus, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 (po-ni-ki-jo) under influence from φοινός (phoinós, “crimson red”) owing to its relation to Tyrian purple, apparently from or cognate with Egyptian fnḫw (“Asiatics, Semites”), f:n:x-w-V12:Z2. Equivalent to a modified Phoenician + -ic.
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Forms
more Punic, most Punic| Comparative | more Punic Lesson |
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| Superlative | most Punic Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
48 synonyms- tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans:perfidioustreacherous
- of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language:Carthaginian
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form