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Carthāgo (Karth- , and without asp. Kartāgo ), ĭnis (
I.locat. Carthagini, like Tiburi, ruri, domi, etc., Plaut. Cas. prol. 71; Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90; Liv. 28, 26, 1 sq.; 31, 11, 7 al.; cf. Schneid. Gr. 2. p. 236; Zumpt, Gr. § 63, note), f., (prop. new town: istam urbem Carthadam Elissa dixit, quod Phoenicum ore exprimit Civitatem Novam, Sol. c. 40 (27, 10 Bip.); cf. Gesen. Gesch. d. Hebr. Spr. and Schr. pp. 228 and 229; and Robinson, Lexic. s. v. ).
I. The city of Carthage, in Northern Africa (Gr. Καρχηδών), whose ruins are in the vicinity of Tunis; also with the app. Magna, Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 4; 5, 4, 3, § 24; Cato ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 683 al. —Hence,
B. Carthāgĭnĭensis (upon the Column. Rostr. CARTACINIENSIS), e, adj., Carthaginian: “COPIAE, Column. Rostr.: res,Liv. 21, 2, 5 et saep.—Subst., a Carthaginian, Enn. Ann. 230 and 234 Vahl.; Cat. ap. Gell. 10, 24, 7.—
II. Carthago, also with the appel. Nova, a large seaport town founded by the Carthaginians after the first Punic war, in Hispania Tarraconensis, New Carthage, now Cartagena, Liv. 26, 42, 2 and 6 sq.; Mel. 2, 6, 7: “Nova,Liv. 21, 5, 4; Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 19.—Hence (cf. I.),
B. Carthā-gĭnĭensis , e, adj., of or belonging to New Carthage: “ager,Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2: “conventus,Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 18.—In the form CARTHAGINENSIS, Inscr. Orell. 3040.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.33.90
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.18
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.19
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.24
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 26.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 42.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 5
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.24.7
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