Punic > define

noun

• The Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage.

adjective

• Of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language.
  • usage: "the Punic Wars"; "Carthaginian peace"
  • synonyms: Carthaginian
• Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans.
  • usage: "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"
  • synonyms: perfidious, treacherous

• (a.) Characteristic of the ancient Carthaginians; faithless; treacherous; as, Punic faith.
• (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians.