| 单词 | Punica |
| 例句 | But yesterday Punica insulted them, and now we fear they will help us no more. The Chinese Fairy Book The Punica, an Epic poem in seventeen Books, on the Second Punic War, closes with Scipio’s triumph, after the Battle of Zama, 202 B.C. Helps to Latin Translation at Sight The Punica is an Epic in seventeen Books on the Second Punic War, and treats of events down to the battle of Zama, B.C. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors From Italy the tree soon spread into other parts of Europe, taking with it its Roman name of Punica malus or Pomum granatum. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare It gave me a turn to hear you translating 'Punica fides' into Brummagem wares just now. Tom Brown at Oxford Then the scholar noticed that Salix was the willow; Prunophora the plum; Persica the peach, and the saucy Punica the Pomegranate, whose powerful blossoms the wind cannot tear. The Chinese Fairy Book The Punica is valuable for its historical accuracy, but it is one of the longest and one of the worst Epic poems ever written. Helps to Latin Translation at Sight Then again I reproved him for his Punica fides, informing him that I required a machine that would run with smooth progressiveness, precisely similar to those I beheld in motion around me. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. Punica granatum.—The pomegranate, a native of northern Africa and western Asia. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Granata, changed from Punica, in honor to Granada and the Moors. Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers One of them, raising her goblet, by accident poured some nectar on Punica’s dress. The Chinese Fairy Book His poem, the Punica, is an account of the second Punic War in verse, and is chiefly valuable to the historical student. A Smaller History of Rome The Romans had had many reasons for mistrusting their great enemy, the Carthaginians, and they used this expression, Fides Punica, which we have simply borrowed from the Latin. Stories That Words Tell Us Punica Granatum, and Beloe, were the only plants of interest observed in the neighbourhood. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Silius Italicus, a Roman poet; was consul in the year of Nero's death, and his chief work an epic "Punica," relating the events of the Second Punic War, a dull performance. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Punica, who was young and fiery, and very neat, stood up angrily when she saw the spot on her red dress. The Chinese Fairy Book The double kinds of Punica, or Pomegranate, should be grafted on to the single ones. Gardening for the Million Further, the style of the verse is very different from that of the Punica. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Its elevation is about 5,600 feet, yet a Ficus may be seen planted by the side of Cupressus pendula, and Punica thrives. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries He left a poem, the "Punica," which contains the history in heroic verse of the second Punic war. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Punica fides was a well-known proverbial expression for treachery and deceit. Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War The phrase would seem to have been proverbial with the Italians, like the "Punica fides," which their Roman ancestors fastened on the character of their African enemy;—perhaps with equal justice. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 And yet it is well that the Punica should have been preserved. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal The poet had likewise before hinted that the people were naturally perfidious, for he gives their character in the queen, and makes a proverb of Punica fides many ages before it was invented. Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry |
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