The corpus record — Latin

Poenus

v. Poeni

Generated live from the audited Latin corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 17s 5 · 416.67/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 19s 2 · 99.5/10k
Hamilcar 2 · 38.68/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 41 · 27.9/10k
Punica 185 · 24.25/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 21 33 · 21.22/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 22 31 · 18.05/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 24 23 · 16.26/10k
Hannibal 3 · 14.66/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 20 · 13.8/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 28 22 · 13.17/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 30 13 · 9.6/10k

Densest 12 of 102 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Poenus — Lewis & Short

Poenus, i, v. Poeni.

2. Poenus — Lewis & Short

Poenus, a, um, v. Poeni, A.

3. Poenus — Walde–Hofmann

Poenus, - m. ,Punier, Karthager" (seit Enn.; Komp. Poenior Plaut. [komische Steigerung, Wackernagel Synt, II 65]; Poenulus Bühnenstück des Pit.), poenus „rot von Blut" Naev. trag. 30, poeniceus (pün-) „purpurfarben“ sext. Plt. (pänicäns de. Apul) Pünicus (mälum, puls usw) „punisch“ seit Cato, pünicänus „auf punische Art gemacht” seit Cato (nach Römanus): | Poenws aus gr. PoiviE hinzugebildet nach (Fallicus : Gallus … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Poenus, p. 1236]

In the wild

Poenis Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.29.18.19
Poenus Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.22.29.6
Poenus Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 p2
Poenis Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 34 p50
Poenorum Claudian, de raptu Proserpinae 3.1.166
Poeni Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 p15

6 of 905 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. Poenus (scan p. 542; entry #8887).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Poenus (scan p. 1236; entry #2062).

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