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afer

afer · adj

African

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Where it lives

What it meant

āfer — 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 ă_fri, 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.

In the wild

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. afer (scan p. 38; entry #259).

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