Puniceus

pūnĭcĕus, a, um, adj. [Punicus].

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.—

II.

Pūnĭcĕus, a, um, Punic, Carthaginian:

Puniceus dux,

Ov. Ib. 284.