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Definition of Punic

1. Noun. The Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language. "Carthaginian peace"

3. Adjective. Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. "Treacherous intrigues"

Definition of Punic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians.

Definition of Punic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to ancient Carthage, its inhabitants, or their language. ¹

2. Adjective. Perfidious, treacherous, faithless. ¹

3. Proper noun. The language of Carthage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Punic

Pulsatilla Pulsatilla occidentalis Pulsatilla patens Pulsatilla vulgaris Pumas Pumpokol Puna tinamou Puna tinamous Punch Punch and Judy

Punchinello Punchinelloes Punchinellos Pune Punekar Punic Punic War Punic Wars Punic apple Punica

Punica granatum Punicaceae Punjab Punjabi Punjabis Punnett square Punnett squares Punta Arenas Punti Puntland

Literary usage of Punic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"I have already observed, that from the first punic war to the ruin of Carthage, ... The interval between the first and second punic war is \ „* also ..."

2. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1850)
"I have already observed, that from the first punic war to the ruin of Carthage, a hundred and ... I. The first punic war lasted twenty-four years 24 II. ..."

3. The Philosophy of History by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, John Sibree (1900)
"In the first punic War the Romans had shown that they had become a match for the ... The second punic War laid the might of Carthage prostrate in the dust. ..."

4. Philosophy of History by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, John Sibree (1902)
"In the First punic War the Romans had shown that they had become a match for the ... The Second punic War laid the might of Carthage prostrate in the dust. ..."

5. Lectures on the Philosophy of History by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, John Sibree (1857)
"It was the Second punic War, therefore, that gave the impulse to its ... THE second period, according to our division, begins with the Second punic War, ..."

6. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"The First punic War. § 5. Cato the Elder and the Spirit of Cato. § 6. ... The Third punic War. § 8. How the punic War Undermined Roman Liberty. § 9. ..."

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