Poenus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix) + -us, 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”),
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpoe̯.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛː.nus]
Noun
Poenus m sg (genitive Poenī); second declension
- (historical) Carthaginian, a person from Carthage or its empire
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Poenus | Poenī |
| genitive | Poenī | Poenōrum |
| dative | Poenō | Poenīs |
| accusative | Poenum | Poenōs |
| ablative | Poenō | Poenīs |
| vocative | Poene | Poenī |
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References
- “Poenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Poenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “Poenus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC