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Poenus.

Carthaginian, a person from Carthage or its empire

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpoe̯.nʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈpɛː.nus]
  1. Carthaginian, a person from Carthage or its empire

    declension-2 · historical · masculine · singular
Where this word comes from

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”), f:n:x-w-V12:Z2.

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