noun

Barcē

gen. Barcēs · gender feminine

A town in the Libyan province Pentapolis; afterwards called Ptolemais; Tolometa poetic

A town in the Libyan province Pentapolis, afterwards called Ptolemais, now Tolometa or Dolmeita (acc. to others, the ruins of Merdsjeh), Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 32.—Hence, Barcaei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Barce, enemies of Dido (poet. prolepsis), Verg. A. 4, 43.—

The nurse of Sichœus

The nurse of Sichœus, Verg. A. 4, 632.

Perseus ID: n4962 Key: Barce