PEG 
PEL 
PEL 
Tuque pedestribus dices historiis proe- 
lia C*saris. -IT Also, of a humble, 
low or mean style. Horat. Sermone pe- 
. destri. Id. Musa pedestris. 
{•EDETeNTIM (pes & teneo), adv. step by 
step, by decrees, gradually, Kara n6Sas, 
ftdkr\v. Pacuv. ap. Cic. Pedetentim et 
sedato nisu. Cic. Sensim pedetentim- 
que facienda. —— If And, figur. gradu¬ 
ally, cautiously. Cic. Caute pedetentim- 
que omnia dicere. 
PEDICA (pes), *, f. a fetter, chain or 
2 shackle fur the feet; a springe, gin or 
snare for catching birds or beasts by the 
legs, neSy. Virg. Gruibus pedicas po- 
nere. Liv. Jumenta pedica capta. 
-IT And, figur. a fetter, bond Apul. 
Amoris pedicis alligare aliquem. 
PEDICINuS (Id.), i, m. the foot of a press. 
3 Cato. 
PEDICoSCS (pedis), a, um, adj. full of 
3 lice, lousy. Titinn. 
PEDICuLaRIS, e, and PEDICOLARraS 
3 (pediculus), a, um, adj. of or belonging 
to lice, pedicular. Colum. Herba pedicu- 
laris, louse-wort. Scribon. Larg. Herba 
pedicnlaria. 
PEDICi;LOSSS(pediculus), a, um, adj. 
3lousy, (bSeipidi^iov. Martial. 
PEDICuLOS (dirnin. from pes), i,m. a lit- 
2 tie foot, z66mv. Plin. Pediculi octoni 
omnibus. - IT Also, the footstalk or 
pedicle. Colum. Pediculos uvarum. 
Plin. Pediculi fungorum.-IT Also, a 
louse, Cels. Necare pediculos. 
Also, of other vermin. Plin. Pediculi 
terra, earth-beetles ; bull-JUes. 
PEDI5L0S (Td.),i, m. a little foot. Afran. 
3 (some read petiolo). 
PEDfS (pes), is, m. and f. a lovse.3 Plaut. 
PEDTSEQUOS, or PEDI3SEQU0S (pes & 
\ sequor), a, um, adj. d/c<5Aou3oj, following 
behind. Hence, subst. Pedisequus, and 
Pedisequa, a footman, page, lackey, 
waiting-woman. Plant. Gnat* pedi¬ 
sequa nutrix anus. Cic. Clamor 
pedisequorum nostrorum, of our reti¬ 
nue or suite. — And figurat. Cic. Divi- 
tias, quip, virtutis pedisequ* sint, hand¬ 
maids of virtue. Jlpul. Sapiens pedise¬ 
quus et imitator dei. 
PEDITaTOS (pedes), us, m. the infantry 
%or foot of an army, orparid. Cic. 
PeDITUM (pedo), i, n. a breaking wind 
backwards, irupSy. Catull. 
PEDIuS, a, um, a Roman gentile name. 
As an adj. Pedian, of Pedius. Sucton. 
lex.-IT As a subst. Pedius, the name 
of a man. And Pedia, the name of a 
woman. 
PEDQ (pes), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to provide 
2 with feet. Suet.on, Male pedatus, ill-set 
on his feet. -IT Also, to prop up vines 
with slakes. Colum. Vine® pedandie cura. 
PeDS (nepSoj), is, pepedi, n. 3. to break 
wind backwards, irtpSco. Horat. 
PEDuLIS (pes), e, adj. of or belonging to 
3 the feet. Pandect. Easci* pedules, socles, 
stockings. 
PEDUM (pes), i, n. a shepherd’s crook or 
3 staff ; a sheep-hook, xaTov. Virg. - 
IT Also, a town of Latium. Hence, Pe- 
danus, a, um, adj. of Pedum. Horat. 
llegio Pedana. And absol. Cic. Peda- 
nnm, an estate there. 
PEG ANON (nyyavov), i, n. garden-rue 
3 (Ruta graveolens, L.). Jlpul. -IT Al¬ 
so, Peganon orinon, wild rue (Peganum 
hnrmala, L.). Jlpul. 
PEG ASKS, Idis, f. of Pegasus, or the Mu¬ 
ses, Xlyyaols. Martial. Pegasis unda, 
Ilippocrene or Aganippe. Hence, Pega- 
sides, um, the Muses. Ovid. Mihi Pe- 
gasides blandissima carmina dictant. 
-— IT Also, a water-nymph, from irriyfj. 
Quid. Pegasis CEnone. 3 
PfGXSOS, or PeGXS 5S, i, m. TLfjyaoos, 
the winged horse of the Muses , sprung 
from the blood of Medusa . With a blow 
of his hoof he caused the fountain Hippo- 
crene to issue from the earth, and after¬ 
wards, having ascended to heaven, he was 
placed among the stars. Ovid. — Hence, 
Peg&sSIus, "and Pegaseus, a, um, adj. 
of Pegasus, of the Muses. Pars. Pega- 
seium melos. Catull. Pagaseo volatu. 
Senec. Pegaseo gradu, quick. — Fig¬ 
ur. Cic. Qui ejusmodi nuntios, seu po- 
tius Pegasos habeat! h. e. celerrimos 
nuntios.-IT Also, the constellation Pe¬ 
gasus. Hygin. -IT Also , the name if a 
lawyer. Juvenal. Pegasus attonit* posi- 
tus modo villicus Urbi. — Hence, l’Gg&sI- 
anus, a, um, adj. of Pegasus. Just. Inst. 
PeGk (irpyh), es, f. a fountain. 3 p r0 pert. 
PEGMA (nrjypa), atis, n. a wooden frame 
or machine, Tryypa. Anson. Atriorum 
pegmata. Cic. Ilia tua pegmata, cases 
to put books into, shelves for holding books. 
- IT Also, a wooden machine in the 
theatre, which was raised and depressed 
to all appearance spontaneously. Senec. 
Pegmata per se surgentia. Phcedr. 
Bum pegma rapitur. Juvenal. Et peg- 
_ma, et pueros inde ad velaria raptos. 
PeGMaRIS (pegma), e, adj. Sucton. 
2 Pegmares gladhitores, gladiators who were 
placed on a pegma. 
PeJERO (per & juro), as, avi, atum, n. 1. 
to violate an oath, forswear, be forsworn, 
be guilty of perjury, perjure one’s self, 
swear falsely, emopKSU. Cic. Qui men- 
tiri solet, pejerare consuevit. Id. Ver¬ 
bis conceptis pejerasse. Martial. Peje¬ 
rare de turdo. Suet.on. Qui regio gene- 
re ortam prejerarent. Lucan. Stygias 
qui pejerat undas, li. e. per Stygem. 
Catull. Per consulatum pejerat. Horat. 
Juris pejerati poena, of perjury. 
PeJOR (comp, of malus), jus, adj. worse, 
kokLov, x £ ipojr. Cic. Turpis fuga 
morte pejor. Virg. Omnia fatis in 
pejus ruere. Horat. Ac neque ficto in 
pejus cultu proponi cereus usquam, op¬ 
to. Terent. Pejore res loco non potis 
est esse. Id. In pejorem partem rape- 
re aliquid. C<bs. Pejus victoribus, quam 
victis accidisse. Cels. Cum omnis *ger 
fere pejor fiat, feels himself worse; grows 
worse. -- IT Also, adv. Pejus, worse, 
more violently, eagerly. Horat. Cane pe¬ 
jus et angue vitabit chlamydem. Cic. 
Oderam multo pejus hunc, quam, &c. 
j— 7 - IT See Male, and Malus. 
PeJoRO (pejor), as, a. and n. 1. to make 
3 ivorse, deteriorate. Paul. JCtus. Statum 
suum pejorare.-IT Also, to grow, be¬ 
come worse. Ccel. Aurel. Morbus peiorans. 
PkJOS. See Pejor. 
PELAGIA (ireXayia), ffi, f. a shell-fish from 
the juice of which a purple die was made. 
Plin. 
PELAGICOS (weXayiKo;), and PELA- 
2 GIOS (jrcXciyios), a, um, adj. relating 
to the sea, marine. Colum. Pisces pel;i- 
gici, sea-fish. Petr on. Pelagias volucres, 
sea-birds. Phtr.dr. Cursu pelagio, by sea. 
-IT And, absol. Pelagium, fi, n. a pur¬ 
ple dye made from the juice of the pelagia. 
Plin. 
PELAGOS (ncXayos), i, n. the-sqa. Justin. 
2 Pelagi desidenlis. Tacit. S® vie rite pe- 
lago. Flor. Totum pelaeus naufragio 
suo operuerunt. Horat. “Truci petago 
ratem committere. Virg. Pelago dare ve¬ 
la patenti. -— IT Also, poetically, of the 
food of a river. Virg. Pelago premit 
sonanti.- IT Pelage, in plur. num. 
ja ntXdyy. Lucret. Pelage severa. 
PeLAMIS (nr/Xapl;), Idis, and PELXMyS 
2 (-yXapvg), ydis, f. a tunny before it is a 
year old. Plin. 
PELaSGi, orum, m. ILAao-yoi, the Pelas- 
gians, an ancient people dwelling in 
Greece, Western Asia, and Italy. "Plin. 
— Hence, the common people of Italy, the 
rabble. Cic. De Pelasgis omnibus col- 
ligitis bonos illos viros. - IT Also, 
the Grecians, or Hellenes, who occupied a 
part of the original Pelasgian territory. 
Virg. Quern Pelasgi demisere neci. 
-IT Hence, Pelasgla, as, f. a district 
of the Peloponnesus. Plin. — Also, of 
Thessaly. Id. — Also, Lesbos. Id. - 
IT PelasgT&s, adis, adj. f. Pelasgian, Gre¬ 
cian. Ovid. -IT Pelasgis,*Idis, adj. 
f. Pelasgian. Plin. — Also, Lesbian. 
Ovid. Pelasgida Sappho. - IT Pelas- 
gjeus, and Pelasgus, a, um, adj. Pelas¬ 
gian. Plin. — Also, Gr ecian . Virg. 
Pubes Pelasga. Ovid. Quercus crede 
Pelasgas dicere, h. e. of Dodona. 
PELECaNOS, or PELICANOS (raAs/raj), 
3 i, m. a pelican. Hicron. 
PELECIN 6 N (trtXtKivbv), i, n. a kind of 
2 sun-dial. Vitruv. 
PELECINOS (tteXckivos), i, m. a weed, 
2 axe-wort. Plin. 
PELeTHRONI A, ae, f. the greater centaury. 
Apul. 
PELETHR5NIi/S, a, um, adj. of Pelethro- 
nix’ «■ region of Thessaly, inhabited by the 
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La pith w and Centaurs. Virg. Pelethro 
nii Lapitlias. Lucan Centauros Pelethro* 
niis nubes effudit in antris. 
PeLEUs, ei and eos, m. ii yXr.vy, Icing of 
Thessaly, son of JEacus, and father of 
Achilles. Val. Flacc. — Hence, Jelelfis, 
a, uni, adj. of Pelcus, or Achilles. Sil. 
PEL I AS, or PELIA, re, in. 11 ■: \ ; a 1 , Icing of 
Thessaly, brother of JEson and Melcus, 
father of Acastus and Alcestis ,* having 
wrongfully deprived Jason of the throne, 
he scut him to Colchis, in search of the 
golden fleece. Ovid. Hence, Pell&s, 
itdis, adj. f. of Pelias. Phcedr. Peliades, 
the. daughters of Pelias. 
PELICaNOS. See Pelecanus. 
PeLiDES, s. m. ririXciStis, the son of Pe¬ 
lcus, Achilles. Virg. 
PELIGNI, orum, m. a people and region of 
Italy. Liv. In Pelignos proficisci. — 
Hence, Pellgnus, a, um, adj. of the Pc- 
ligni. Ovid. Pelignas gloria gentis. 
Horat. Peligna frigora. Id. Pelignas 
anus, h. e. sorceresses. 
PeLI 5N, i, n. and PELI6S, ii, m. UyXiov, 
a mountain of Thessaly. Virg. Pelion 
hinnitu fugiens implevit acuto. Plin. 
Ad onus Pelios. — Hence, Pellacus, 
and Pelliis, a, um, adj. and Pg- 
1I&S, adis, adj. f. of Pelion. Ovid. Peli- 
acajuga. Id. cuspis, h. c. made of wood 
from Pelion. So, Id. Pelias hasta. 
Phcedr. Nemoris Peiii. 
PkLLA, as, and PeLLe, es, f. Pella, a 
town of Macedonia, the birthplace of Al¬ 
exander the Great. — Hence, Pellasus, 
a, um, adj. of Pella. Juvenal. Pellasus 
juvenis, Alexander. So, Martial. Pel¬ 
lasus tyrannus. — Also, Macedonian. 
Lucan. PelliEus gladius. — Also, of 
Alexandria in Egypt , Alexandrian. Lu¬ 
can. Pell®* arces. Martial. Pellasa gu- 
la, of the Alexandrians, who were, noted 
for their luxury. — Also, Egyptian. 
Virg. Pell** Canopi. Lucan. Pel- 
_I*us puer, Ptolemy. 
PeLLaCIA (pellax), as, f. an enticing look, 
3 flattery, blandishment, cirayaryfi. Lucret. 
Placidi pellacia ponti. - IT Also, 
a debauching, seduction. Arnob. 
PeLLaRIOS (pellis), ii, m. a furrier. 
3 Firmic. 
PeLLaX (pellicio), acis, adj. deceiving, 
3 artful, wheedling, enaycoyds. Virg. 
PeLLEaTuS (pellis), a, um, adj. same as 
3 Pellitus. Paul. Nolan. 
PeLLECEBRA (pellicio), as, f. a lure, dc- 
3 coy, seducer. Plaut. 
PeLLeCTIS (pellego), onis, f. a reading 
1 through. Cic. 
PeLLeCTOS, a, um. See Pellego, and 
Pellicio. 
PELLEG5 (per & lego), is, a. 3. to read 
3 through. Plaut. 
PeLLeX (irdAAaf)) ids, f. a concubine, 
kept mistress, 7raAAa/ci;, naXXaKis. Pan¬ 
dect. It is followed by the genit., either 
of the man, whose concubine she is. 
Justin. Aspasia, Cyri pellex ; Or, of bis 
wife. Ovid. Matris pellex. Id. soro- 
ris. Sueton. regin*, the king’s concu¬ 
bine. Cic. filife, h. e. a woman who mar¬ 
ried her (living) daughter’s husband. So, 
also, Ovid. Pellex CEbalia, Helen. Id. 
Tyria, Europa. -IT Also, humorously. 
Martial. Pellex culcita facta mea est, 
h. e. vicem mihi mated* pnestitit. 
PeLLTCaTOS (pellex), us, m. a cohabiting 
with another woman’s husband; concu¬ 
binage, TraXXaKCvais. Cic. Propter pel- 
iicatus suspicionem interfectus. 
PELLICEUS, the same as Pellicins. 3 
PeLLICIo, and PERLICI8 (per & laceo), 
is, lexi, lectum, a. 3. to deceive by flat¬ 
tery, inveigle, entice, allure, decoy, whee¬ 
dle., cozen, cajole, itpiXsopai, imavpopai. 
Terent. Senem per epistolam pellexit. 
Cic. Animum adolescentis pellexit, se¬ 
duced. Id. Mulierem pellexit ad se. 
Liv. Populum in servitutem perlici 
posse. Tacit. Chaucos ad deditionenl 
pellicere, to induce. — And, figur. Lu¬ 
cret. Causa qu* ferri pelliciat vim, 
draws, attracts. -IT Liv. Andr. has 
vellicuit. 
PeLLICIOS (pellis), a, um, adj. made of 
3 skins, airaTtiog. Pandect. 
PeLLICOLA (dimin. from pellis), as, f. <j 
little skin, ieyparior. Cic. Strav/t pel- 
liculis hredinis lectulos Punicanos. 
Juvenal. Furtiv* aurum pellicul*, h e, 
