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ADJECTIVE
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tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans
treacherous intrigues
the fiercest and most treacherous of foes
Punic faith
the perfidious Judas
How To Use punic In A Sentence
- The relevant pattern of that maritime conflict in the Mediterranean region had not begun then; but, it expressed a pattern which is notable, still today, as being continued through the time of what were called the Punic Wars, and beyond. LaRouche's Latest
- And yes, the Laugh-In tribute sketch felt longer than the Punic Wars. Emmys? Bad? Maybe. But Worst Ever? Come on.
- Though Romans destroyed Carthage in the Punic Wars, Roman legend traced the very origin of Rome to the Carthanginian mother-city, as shown by the story of Aeneas, who came directly across the Mediterranean from there, to found Rome. Archive 2008-04-01
- IMAGINE that you are a teacher of Roman history and the Latin language, anxious to impart your enthusiasm for the ancient world – for the elegiacs of Ovid and the odes of Horace, the sinewy economy of Latin grammar as exhibited in the oratory of Cicero, the strategic niceties of the Punic Wars, the generalship of Julius Caesar and the voluptuous excesses of the later emperors. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
- It is the antioxidants, and particularly ellagitannin compounds like punicalagins and punicalins, which account for about half of the fruit's antioxidant ability, that are reportedly behind the proposed health benefits. NutraIngredients-USA RSS
- 19, 3, 'Bis deinde post Numae regnum [Ianus] clausus fuit, semel T. Manlio consule post Punicum primum perfectum bellum, iterum, quod nostrae aetati dei dederunt ut videremus, post bellum Actiacum ab imperatore Caesare Augusto pace terra marique parta.' The Student's Companion to Latin Authors
- Punic names were characteristically theophoric, and the Romanizing upper classes of North Africa typically assumed Latin names that retained the religious or moralistic connotations of the originals.
- It had two harbours, and during the Punic Wars was the ally rather than the vassal of The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner
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- In £mbHa ejus circumquaqu& facies mala punica ceerulea, purpurea. y 'coccinea, et iriter ea tintinnabula aurea 34. "alterB. atim inter. ponito. Pentateuchus ex recensione textus hebraei et versionum antiquarum latine versus notisque philologicis [microform]