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|lshtext=<b>Barcas</b>: ([[Barca]]), ae, m., = Βάρκας [, a [[gleaming]], or a [[gleaming]] [[sword]], as an epithet of heroes; cf. Gesenius, Gesch. d. Hebr. Spr. und Schr, p. 229],<br /><b>I</b> [[ancestor]] of a [[distinguished]] [[family]] in [[Carthage]] to [[which]] [[Hamilcar]] and [[Hannibal]] belonged, [[hence]], a [[surname]] of [[Hamilcar]], Nep. Ham. 1, 1.— Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Derivv<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Barcīnus, a, um, adj., of [[Barcas]], or pertaining to the [[family]] or [[party]] of [[Barcas]]: [[familia]] Barcina, Liv. 23, 13, 6: [[factio]], id. 21, 9, 4.—Subst.: Bar-cīni, ōrum, m., the Barcini, Liv 21, 3, 3.— Poet.: Barcina [[clades]], [[near]] the [[river]] [[Metaurus]], [[where]] [[Hasdrubal]] [[was]] conquered and [[slain]], Sid. Carm. 2, 532.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Bar-caeus, a, um, adj., of [[Barcas]], Barcœan: juvenis, i. e. [[Hannibal]], Sil. 10, 355; 12, 200.
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