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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.—
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.
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    • Cicero, Philippics, 11.13.35
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.104
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    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 1.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.670
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.714
    • Old Testament, 2 Maccabees, 4.22
    • Tacitus, Annales, 11.14
    • Lucan, Civil War, 3.220
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 29, 12
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 4.20
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.41
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 2.26.9
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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