I. Reddish, red, purple - colored: “puniceum supparum,” Naev. B. P. 2, 21: “taeniae,” Verg. A. 5, 269: “roseta,” id. E. 5, 17: “rosa,” Hor. C. 4, 10, 4: “crocus,” Ov. F. 5, 318: “rotae (currūs Aurorae),” Verg. A. 12, 77: “cruor,” Ov. M. 2, 607; also, “anima,” Verg. A. 9, 349: “corium,” i. e. skin beaten red, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 61: “undae,” Val. Fl. 3, 411.—
pūnĭcĕus , a, um, adj. Punicus.