Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
(1) Pūnĭcĕus,¹⁶ a, um, carthaginois : Ov. Ib. 284.
Puniceus Punicea, Puniceum ADJ :: Carthaginian, Punic; [Puniceum pomum/Punicum malum => pomegrante]
Pūniceus u. -ius, a, um, s. Poeni.