Definitions for Punic

Punic Pu·nic

Spelling: [pyoo-nik]
IPA: /ˈpyu nɪk/

Punic is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in Punic (cinpu).

Definitions for Punic

noun

  1. the language of ancient Carthage, a form of late Phoenician.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the ancient Carthaginians.
  2. treacherous; perfidious: originally applied by the Romans to the Carthaginians.

Origin of Punic

Latin Pūnicus, earlier Poenicus Carthaginian, equivalent to Poen(us) a Phoenician, a Carthaginian (akin to Greek Phoînix a Phoenician) + -icus -ic

Examples for Punic

Merthyr plunged her remorselessly into the second Punic war.

Punic tombs and Roman buildings also exist near the harbour.

What were some causes of the victory of Rome in the Punic wars?

It is perhaps at its best in the books dealing with the Punic wars.

He says in one place, 'the Punic War delights us like a work of Myron.'

Bitias was the admiral of the Punic fleet, as Livy informs us.

The history of the Sardinian states is as old as the Punic wars.

This assembly was reorganized some time before the Punic Wars.

Foreign-policy experts rush to compare Libya to Bosnia, the Punic Wars, Iraq, Kosovo, Thermopylae, and so forth.

In this you may recognise the Punic faith of the modern Carthage.

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