puniceus Latin · revision 34091

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=grc φοινίκεος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [puːˈnɪ.ke.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [puˈniː.t͡ʃe.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pūniceus''' (feminine pūnicea, neuter pūniceum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''poeniceus'' and ''phoenīceus''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD takes it as [[bor|grc|φοινίκεος|tr=phoiníkeos|t=purple-red]] in an adapted form.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary and Köbler derive it from ⟨pūnicus⟩, the adjective of ⟨Poenus⟩ “Carthaginian”, with the suffix [[m|la|-eus]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius has a red topsail in his poem on the Punic War.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a brilliant red, scarlet or crimson: Virgil uses it of ribbons, rose beds and the wheels of Dawn's chariot, Horace of the rose, Ovid of saffron and of blood.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it reddish.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of a red topsail.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of ribbons and roses.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of saffron and blood.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Bright red, [[m|en|scarlet]], [[m|en|crimson]], purple-red.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The OLD has a second ''Pūniceus'', Carthaginian, Punic;^(OLD 2012) ''Pūniceum pōmum'' is the pomegranate.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}