Āfer, fra, frum, adj. [v. Africa],
African : litus, Ov. H. 7, 169: aequora, the sea between Africa and Sicily , id. F. 4, 289: avis, i. e. a Numidian hen , in high estimation on account of its size and rareness, Hor. Epod. 2, 53: Afro Murice tinctae lanae, i. e. of Gaetulia , id. C. 2, 16, 35; cf. id. Ep. 2, 2, 181, and Ov. F. 2, 318.—Hence, subst.: Āfer , an African , and Ă_fri , ōrum, m., Africans , Cic. Balb. 18: sitientes Afri, Verg. E. 1, 65: discincti, ungirded , i. e. unwarlike , id. A. 8, 724: dirus Afer, i. e. Hannibal , Hor. C. 4, 4, 42.—Poet.: medius liquor Secernit Europen ab Afro, i. e. from Africa , Hor. C. 3, 3, 47.