adjective

Marmărĭcus

fem. Marmărĭca · neut. Marmărĭcum

= Μαρμαρικός

belonging to Marmarica; Marmaric; African by extension •

of or belonging to Marmarica (a country lying between Egypt and the Syrtes, now Barca), Marmaric: genus capparis, Plin. 13, 23, 44, § 127.—Transf. (postAug.), African, Luc. 3, 293: nubes, i. e. the swarm of Carthaginians, Sil. 7, 83: fera, i. e. the elephant, Sid. Carm. 11, 103.

Perseus ID: n28058 Key: Marmaricus