Marmaricus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Marmărĭcus, a, um, adj., = Μαρμαρικός,

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.