Afer

== Latin == === Etymology === From a Punic endonym for the Carthaginians and their land. Related to Punic 𐤏𐤐𐤓 (ʿpr /⁠ʿafar⁠/, “dust”) akin to Biblical Hebrew עָפָר (ʿāp̄ār, “dust”). Flavius Josephus derived the ethnonym from the name of Abraham's grandson, Epher. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaː.fɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.fer] === Adjective === Āfer (feminine Āfra, neuter Āfrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) from Africa (the region of modern-day Tunisia) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). === Proper noun === Āfer m (genitive Āfrī); second declension (Roman Republic) a Carthaginian (Roman Empire) cognomen applied to a native of the province of Africa: Publius Terentius Afer, a Roman playwright ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). ==== Derived terms ==== āfricus āfricānus Āfrica === References === “Afer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Afer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Afer”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.