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PETREIaNCS, a, um, adj. Petreian, per¬ 
taining to Petreius. Auct. B. Afric. 
FETEENSlS (petra), e, adj. on or among 
3 rocks or stones. Cart. Aurel. pisces.- 
IT Also, of or pertaining to the city Petra ; 
Petrenses, the Petreans. Solin. 
P1TRE0S, a, um, adj. either of rock or of 
3 the apostle Peter. Augustin, pedes. 
PETRIC5S0S (petra), a, um, adj. rocky, 
stony; hence, difficult, hard, toilsome. 
Martial. 3, 63, 14.. res (but others read 
pertricosa, or pnetricosa). 
PETRINOS, a, um, adj. in or from Petra 
in Sicily ; Petrini, the inhabitants of Petra. 
Cic. — The town is also called Petrince 
in Anton. Itiner. -IT Petrinum, i, n. 
a village or spot in Campania. Cic. and 
Herod 
PETltiNCS ( nerpivos ), a, um, adj. of stone. 
3 I.acton t. 
PETRITES (ircTplrns oivoi), te, m. vinum, 
a wine, perhaps from Petra in Arabia. 
Plin. 
PETRS (petra), onis, m. a ram, from the 
toughness of its flesh. Plaut. 
PETROCORII, orum, m. a people in Aqui- 
tania. Cats. — Called, also, Petrocoii 
by Plin. 
PETRoNIOS, ii, m. Petromus Arbiter, 
lived under Nero, and wrote a book called 
Satyricon. -IT Orat. Petronios ca 
nes, a kind of hound; whether so called 
from petra, a rock, as being accustomed 
to the rocks, or from one Petronius, is 
uncertain. 
PETROSELINUM (irerpooiXivov), i, n. 
roclc-parsley (from this comes the Eng¬ 
lish parsley). Plin. 
PETROSuS (petra), a, um, adj. rocky, 
2 craggy, stony, nerpibSyi. Plin. Also, 
Id. In maritimis petrosis, sc. locis. 
FETOLANS (peto ; perhaps immediately 
from an obsol. petulo), tis, adj. saucy, 
pert, forward, impertinent, freakish, wan¬ 
ton, petulant, fall of mischief, malicious, 
,quarrelsome, teasing, rude, vftpiorfis. 
Cic. Illud assequor, utsi quis mihi forte 
inaledicat, petulans, aut plane insanus 
mihi esse videatur. Id. Fervidum 
quoddam, et petulans, et furiosum ge¬ 
nus dicendi. Lucret. Carbasus percissa 
petulantibus Euris. Juvenal. Exten- 
sum petulans quatit hostia funem. Ar- 
nob. Aures convicio petulantiore pul- 
sare. Petron. Me pueri imitatione petu- 
lantissima deriserunt.-IT Also, light, 
frivolous in doing any thing, too playful 
or wanton, apt to go to excess. Gell. 
Animaliaad imitandum petulantia. -- 
n Also, wanton, loose, lewd, lascivious. 
Cic. 
PETOLANTER (petulans), adv. saucily, 
pertly, petulantly, impudently, wantonly, 
loosely, licentiously, maliciously, v/3ptcrt- 
kus. Cic. Diphilus tragoedus in nos¬ 
trum Pompeium petulanter invectus est. 
Id. Contumelia si petulantius jactatur, 
conviciutn ; si facetius, urbanitas nomi- 
natur. Id. Quant censes acerba nunc 
esse, cum a perditis in civili nefario hel¬ 
lo petulantissime tiant ? 
PETOLANTIX (Id.), <E, f. wantonness, 
freakishness, impudence, sauciness, petu¬ 
lance, love of mischief, quarrelsome tan¬ 
ner, v/3pi;. Cic. Petulantia et libido 
magis est adolescentium, quam senum, 
nec tamen omnium adolescentium, sed 
non proborum. Gell. Cum delicta sua, 
et petulantias dictorum diluisset. Cic. 
Ex hac parte pugnat pudor, illinc petu¬ 
lantia. Id. Abjecti hominis furorem et 
petulantiam fregistis. Propert. Petu¬ 
lantia linguae, opprobrious language. 
Sueton. Petulantiam linguae objurgasse, 
the forwardness of his tongue, his over- 
hasty expression. — Also, of beasts, 
viciousness (unless it be, more literally, 
aptness lo.butt or strike). Coluin. — And 
of things. Plin. Ramorum petulantia, 
spreading exuberance, luxuriant growth. 
_ IT Also, inattention, heedlessness, 
negligence. Plaut. 
PETuLCOS (from peto, as hiulcus from 
3 hio), a, um, adj. apt to butt or strike 
with the horns, head, &c. KopvirriXos. 
Colum. aries. Lucret. agni. Virg. 
hffidi. 
PEUCe (nevKO), es, f. the pine-tree, pitch- 
2 pine tree. Plin. -IT Also, a hind of 
grape. Plin. 
PEUCEDXNUM, or -ON, i, n. and PEU 
o 
CEDXNOS (ircvKtSauov & -of), i, m. the 
herb hogs-fennel or sulphur-wort, an um¬ 
belliferous plant (Peucedanum officinale 
of Linn.). Plin. 
PEUCETIX, 8e, f. a region of Apulia. Plin. 
— Hence, Peucetius, a, um, adj. Peuce- 
tian, of or pertaining to Pcucetia. Ovid. 
PEUMENe (irsvpevq), es, f. a kind of scum 
2 of silver. Plin. 
PEXATOS (pexus), a, um, adj. clothed in a 
3 garment with the nap not yet worn off. 
Martial. 
Pf.XITXS (Id.), atis, f. Plin. telae, Ii. e. 
2 perhaps, closeness, compactness; or, the 
down or shag. Plin. 
PeXOS, a, um, particip. from pecto. 
PEZlCvE,• arum, f. a sort of mushrooms 
2 without root. or ■stalk. Plin. 
PHACELINUS, a, um, adj. See Faccli- 
rms. 
PHZGaCES, um, m. See Plneax. 
1‘HyEXCTX (taiaula), w, f. an island of 
the Ionic sea, otherwise called Coreyra, 
now Corfu. Tihull. 
PHA3ACIS (<I>aiaxtf), Tdis, f. adj. Phcea- 
cian; hence, Ovid. Phajacis, sc. niusa 
a poem upon the shipwreck and abode of 
Ulysses at Phccacia. 
PHrEXCIOS (4>aiax(0f), a, um, adj. Phcea- 
cian. Tibull. tellus, It. c. Corfu. 
PHZEACOS, a, um, adj. same as Phwadus. 
Propert. 
PIlrEXX (4>afaO; acis, m. adj. Phccacian. 
Juvenal, populus. — Plneax, a Phcca¬ 
cian ; Phaiaces, Phceacians. Ovid. Ru- 
ra Ph.-eacum. Horat. Phaeax reverti, a 
Phccacian, h. e. in good keep ; for the 
Phteacians kept themselves well. 
PHrECXSlANuS, a, um, adj. same as 
3 Phcccasialus. Juvenal. 3, 218. Phaecasi 
anorum deorum. Another reading is 
Phcecasiatorum. Others read, Hue Asia- 
norum, and so Ruperti 
PILECASIATOS (phaccasium), a, um, adj. 
3 wearing phaecasia. Senec. 
PILECXSIUM (tpaiicaoiov), ii, n. a kind of 
Grecian shoe. Senec. — Phaecasiae ( plur .). 
Petron. Ed. Burrn.; but Ed. Ant. has 
phcecasia. 
PIIvEDoN, onis, m. a disciple of Socrates; 
from him Plato has entitled his dialogue 
on the immortality of the soul Phaedon. 
Gell. 
PH3EDRX, te, f. QaTSpa, the daughter of 
Minos of Crete, sister of Ariadne, and 
wife of Theseus, who married her after his 
desertion of her sister. She became en¬ 
amored of her step-son Hippolytus, and 
when she found she could not induce him 
to comply with her wishes, accused him 
to his father of having sought to do her 
violence. Upon this Hippolytus was curs¬ 
ed by his father, and afterwards torn in, 
pieces by his own horses. Phccdra then 
acknowledged her crime, and was put to 
death by Theseus, or fell by her own hand. 
Senec. 
PHXEDRfiS, i, m. a scholar of Socrates, 
from whom Plato has entitled one of his 
dialogues Phaedrus. Cic. -IT Also, 
a freedmau of Augustus, who wrote 
several books of fables in the manner of 
JEsop. 
PHENOMENON ( <j>aiv6pevov), i, n. an 
3 appearance, and particularly, in the air or 
sky ; plur. Phenomena, phenomena or 
appearances in the air or sky. Lactant. 
PILE NON ( falvtov), onis, the planet Sat¬ 
urn. Apul. 
PHrESTOS, i, f. or PHZESTUM, i, n. a 
town of Crete. Plin. — Hence, Phaes- 
tTS.s, adis, adj. f. belonging to Pluestum, 
Phasstian. Ovid. Phaestiades, sc. femi- 
me, puellae. — Also, Phaestlus, a, um, 
adj. belonging to Pliasstum, Pluestian. 
Ovid. -% Also, Phaestum, i, n. a town 
of Locris. Plin. — Hence, Phaestius, 
a, um, adj. Pluestian. Plin. Apollo. 
PHAETHON h. e. the shining, 
luminous ), ontis, m. an epithet of the sun; 
and so, for the sun. Virg. and Sil. - 
IT Also, a son of the Sun and Clymcnc. 
He obtained permission from his father to 
drive for one day the chariot of the sun, but 
not knowing how to guide it, and so put¬ 
ting the world in great danger, he was 
struck to the earth by a thunderbolt from 
Jupiter, and fell into the Po. Cic. and 
Ovid. Hence, Sueton. Phaethontem orbi 
terrarum educare. 
PHX£THoNTEOS,^um, adj. Pliaethon- 
tean, pertaining to Pliacthon. Ovid, igues 
Stat. fa villa, h. e. fulmen. Martial 
umbra, h. c. of a poplar-tree; because th. \ 
sisters of Phaethon were changed into pop- 
Ifll'-tj'&BS • 
PHXETH6NTIAS, adis, f. adj. Pliacthon- 
tian; Pbaetbontiades, sc. feminae, puel- 
l;p, sisters of Phaethon. These wept so 
sorely for their brother, that they were 
changed into poplars, or, according to oth¬ 
ers, into alders, and their tears into amber, 
which continued to distil from the trees. 
Ovid. 
PHAETHoNTXS, Tdis, adj.f. Phaethontian. 
Martial, gut.ta, h. e. amber. — Phaethon- 
tTdes, the sisters of Phaethon. Avien. 
PHXETHoNTIuS, a, um. adj. Phaethon- 
tian, relating to Phaethon. Sil. anmis, 
li. e. the Po. -IT Also, of the sun. Sil. 
Phaethontia ora (plur.), h. e. ora solis. 
PHAETHuSA (i/iacSiivoa, h. e. the shining, 
luminous), an, f. a sister of Phaethon. 
Ovid. 
PHXGEDrENX (ibayeSaiva), te, f. great 
2 appetite, ravening hunger ; hence, a kind 
of corrosive ulcer, eating to the bone. 
Plin. — Also, a certain disease of bees. 
Colum. (in Greek characters.) 
PHXGEDA3NIC0S (ipayeSatviKos), a,um, 
adj. pertaining to the ulcer phagedmna. 
Plin. 
PHAGER, or PHAGRbS (ipaypos), i, nt. 
a certain fish. Plin. 32, 53. called, else¬ 
where, also, pager or pagrus. 
PT1 AG5 (<jiayoi, ej>ay(ov), onis, m. a glut- 
3 ton, gorwavdrier. Varr. ap. Non. 
PHAGRUS. See Pliager. 
PHALA, te, f. See Fala. 
PHALACROCORaX ( <pa\nKpoK6pai ;, from 
(paXaepos, bald-headed, and *<5pa£, a ra- 
ven), acis, m. a kind of raven, peculiar, 
according to Plin., to the Baleares. 
PHXLiECOS, i, m. a Greek poet from 
whom a kind of verse, called carmen Pha- 
laecium, or Phalaecum, or Phaleucium, 
has its name. 
PHALANGX, or PXLaNGX (ipaXayyq, or 
tpaXayl), ae, f. a roller to put under ships 
and military machines , in order to move 
them forward. Varr. ap. Non. and 
Cibs. — Also, a pole or stick to carry a 
burden with, carrying-pole. Vitruv. — 
Also, generally, a stick or club. Plin. 
PHALANGARmS, or PALaNGARIOS 
2 (phalanga), ii, m. who carries a weight by 
means of long poles, carrier, porter. Vi¬ 
truv. ——IT Also I from phalanx), belong¬ 
ing to the phalanx, sc. miles. Lamprid. 
PHALANGION, ii, n. See Phalangium. 
PHXLANGITAE (<l>a\ayyiTai), arum, m. 
2 soldiers of the phalanx. Liv. 
PHALANGITES ( tpahayyirris), ®, m. an 
herb which cured the sting or bite of the 
phalangium (Anthericum liliastrum, 
L.). Plin. 
PHALaNGIUM, or-ON ( tpaXayyioy), U, 
n. a kind of venomous spider. Plin. — 
Phalangius is read in Vegct., hut some 
Edd. have sphalangius, as also, in other 
cases, splialangii, sphalavgiis. -IT Al¬ 
so, an herb, same as phalangites. Plin. 
PHXLANTUM, i, n. Tarentum. Martial. 
3 (See next word.) 
PHXLANTCS, i, m. a Spartan who con¬ 
quered and peopled Tarentum. Horat. 
Hence, Phalanteus, and Phalantlnus, 
a, um, adj. belonging to Phalantus or 
Tarentum. Sil. and Martial. 
PHALANX (tpaXayt), angis, f. a phalanx, 
among the Macedonians a certain way oj 
drawing up troops, in which the soldiers 
stood in firmly-closed ranks, and with their 
shields held closely together, pressed into 
the ranks of the enemy. Liv. and Curt 
In the phalanx of the Gauls and Ger¬ 
mans the shields were he d closely to¬ 
gether above their heads. Cces. B. G. 
1,24.-IT Also, a body of soldiers drawn 
up in this manner. Curt. - H Also, 
any band of soldiers, or band of soldiers m 
close order, battalion. Virg. Agamemno- 
niae phalanges. Id. Tuscorum phalanx. 
Ncpos. of the Athenians. — Also, gene¬ 
rally, throng, multitude, band. Prudent. 
Phalanges culparum. 
PII ALAR A, orum, n. a town in Thessaly. 
Liv. 
PHALARICA. See Falanca. 
PHALARIS, Tdis, m. <MAapis, a cruel ty¬ 
rant of Agrigentum, in Sicil l, with re¬ 
gard to whose brazen bull, *e Pcnllus. 
