Afer
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Latin > English
Afer Afra, Afrum ADJ :: African; of/connected with Africa
Afer Afer Afri N M :: African; inhabitant of north coast of Africa (except Egypt); Carthaginian
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Āfer: fra, frum, adj. v. Africa,
I African: litus, Ov. H. 7, 169: aequora, the sea between Africa and Sicily, id. F. 4, 289: avis, i. e. a Numidian hen, in high estimation on account of its size and rareness, Hor. Epod. 2, 53: Afro Murice tinctae lanae, i. e. of Gœtulia, id. C. 2, 16, 35; cf. id. Ep. 2, 2, 181, and Ov. F. 2, 318.—Hence, subst.: Āfer, an African, and Ă̄fri, ōrum, m., Africans, Cic. Balb. 18: sitientes Afri, Verg. E. 1, 65: discincti, ungirded, i. e. unwarlike, id. A. 8, 724: dirus Afer, i. e. Hannibal, Hor. C. 4, 4, 42.—Poet.: medius liquor Secernit Europen ab Afro, i. e. from Africa, Hor. C. 3, 3, 47.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Āfer,¹² fra, frum, Africain : Ov. F. 2, 318 ; plur. m., les Africains : Cic. Balbo 41.
Latin > German (Georges)
Āfer, s. Afri.
