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Phoenīcē: ēs (Phoenīca, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56, v. Madv. ad loc.; Poenīcē, Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 22 al.), f., = Φοινίκη>,
I Phœnicia, a country of Syria, especially celebrated for the purple which came from there; its principal cities were Tyre and Sidon, Mel. 1, 12; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; 5, 19, 17, § 75; 36, 26, 65, § 190; Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; id. Phil. 11, 13, 35; id. Fin. 4, 20, 56.—Called also Phoenīcĭa, ae, f., Mart. Cap. 6, §§ 678, 680; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 446; 3, 88.—
2 A small island in the Ægean Sea, otherwise called Ios, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 69.—
3 A town of Epirus, Liv. 29, 12.—
4 Vid. phoenicea.— Hence,
A Phoenīces, um, m., the Phœnicians, celebrated as the earliest navigators and as founders of many colonies, especially of Carthage, Mel. 1, 12; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67; Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 106; Luc. 3, 220; Tac. A. 11, 14.—In sing.: Phoenix, a Phœnician, Cadmus, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 197.—
2 Transf., the Carthaginians, Sil. 13, 730; in sing., a Carthaginian, id. 16, 25.—Adj., Phœnician: elate, Plin. 29, 3, 13, § 56.—
B phoenī-cĕus (poenī-, foenī-), a, um, adj., = φοινίκεος>, purple-red: aut phoeniceum florem habet aut purpureum, aut lacteum, Plin. 21, 23, 94, § 164; cf. Gell. 2, 26, 9: poeniceas vestes, Ov. M. 12, 104: poeniceum corium, i. e. made purple-red with blows, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 92.—
C Phoenīcĭus, a, um, adj., Phœnician: mare, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67.—
D Phoenissus, a, um, adj., Phœnician: Dido, Verg. A. 1, 670: exsul, i. e. Anna, Ov. F. 3, 595: Tyros, id. M. 15, 288.—As subst.: Phoenissa, ae, f.: Dido, Verg. A. 1, 714.—Plur.: Phoenissae, the Phœnician women, the name of a tragedy by Euripides; also of one by Seneca.—
2 Transf.
a Theban, because Cadmus was a Phœnician: cohors, Stat. Theb. 9, 527.—
b Carthaginian: classis, Sil. 7, 409: juventa, id. 17, 632.—In neutr. plur.: Phoenissa agmina, Sil. 17, 174.—Subst.: Phoenissa, ae, f., Carthage, Sil. 6, 312.—
E Phoenīcĭas, ae, m., the south-south-east wind, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120.
