Crossword-Solution: PUNIC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Punic | a. | Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians. |
| Punic | a. | Characteristic of the ancient Carthaginians; faithless; treacherous; as, Punic faith. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
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greedy person
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Sentences with PUNIC (5)
Yet, if for fame and glory aught be done, 100 Aught suffered—if young African for fame His wasted country freed from Punic rage— The deed becomes unpraised, the man at least, And loses, though but verbal, his reward.
Nor savage Pyrrhus nor the Punic horde E'er caused such havoc: to no foe was given To strike thus deep; but civil strife alone Dealt the fell wound and left the death behind.
The legions, as they are described by Polybius, 41 in the time of the Punic wars, differed very materially from those which achieved the victories of Cæsar, or defended the monarchy of Hadrian and the Antonines.
Followed by twenty thousand captives, whom he had rescued from the chains of the Barbarians, the Cæsar repassed the Rhine, after terminating a war, the success of which has been compared to the ancient glories of the Punic and Cimbric victories.
Yet he reasonably concludes, from the testimony of Polybius, that galleys of a still larger size had been constructed in the Punic wars.
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Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, WP, WSJ.
Used 42 times in crossword archives (1952–2023).