Afer.
from Africa (the territory of Carthage)
Meaning & usage
from Africa (the territory of Carthage)
Where this word comes from
From a Punic endonym for the Carthaginians and their land. Related to Punic 𐤏𐤐𐤓 (ʿpr /ʿafar/, “dust”) akin to Biblical Hebrew עָפָר (ʿāp̄ār, “dust”). Flavius Josephus derived the ethnonym from the name of Abraham's grandson, Epher.
a Carthaginian
Where this word comes from
From a Punic endonym for the Carthaginians and their land. Related to Punic 𐤏𐤐𐤓 (ʿpr /ʿafar/, “dust”) akin to Biblical Hebrew עָפָר (ʿāp̄ār, “dust”). Flavius Josephus derived the ethnonym from the name of Abraham's grandson, Epher.
cognomen applied to a native of the province of Africa
cognomen applied to a native of the province of Africa: Publius Terentius Afer, a Roman playwright
Where this word comes from
From a Punic endonym for the Carthaginians and their land. Related to Punic 𐤏𐤐𐤓 (ʿpr /ʿafar/, “dust”) akin to Biblical Hebrew עָפָר (ʿāp̄ār, “dust”). Flavius Josephus derived the ethnonym from the name of Abraham's grandson, Epher.
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