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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Pu·nic /ˈpjunɪk/
 (a.)迦太基人的,反復無常的,沒有信義的迦太基語

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pu·nic a.
 1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians.
 2. Characteristic of the ancient Carthaginians; faithless; treacherous; as, Punic faith.
 Yes, yes, his faith attesting nations own;
 'T is Punic all, and to a proverb known.   -- H. Brooke.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Punic
      adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or
             its people or their language; "the Punic Wars";
             "Carthaginian peace" [syn: Carthaginian]
      2: tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character
         as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic
         faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most
         treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues" [syn: perfidious,
          treacherous]
      n : the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage