Punic Definition

pyo͝onĭk
adjective
Of ancient Carthage or its people or culture.
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Like or characteristic of the Carthaginians, regarded by the Romans as faithless and treacherous.
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noun
The Semitic language spoken in ancient Carthage, a dialect of Phoenician: it survived until c. a.d. 500
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Origin of Punic

  • Latin Poenicus, Pūnicus from Poenus a Carthaginian from Greek Phoinix Phoenician

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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