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PIT 
PLA 
another constellation in the southern sky, 
same as Piscis aquosus in Virg. — Sil. 
Curvus piscis, the dolphin. 
PTSC5R (piscis), aris, atus sum, dep. 1. 
to fish, aXievco. Cic. ante suos liortu- 
os. Sueton. Piscari harno. Id. Pisca- 
tus est rete aurato. 
PTSCoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. abounding in 
3 fish, full of fishes, ix^vcbbr/s- Ovid, am- 
nes. Virg. scopuli. 
PISCOLeNTOS (Id.), a, um, adj. same 
3 as Piscosus. Plaut. Q.ui salsis locis in- 
colit pisculentis. Solin. Promontorium 
omnibus mari nantibus pisculentissi- 
mum. — Hence, Pisculentum, some¬ 
thing of fish, an application made of fish¬ 
es. Apul. Pisculento medicare faciem. 
PISIDX, ®, m. TIiaiSys, a Pisidian. Plan. 
Pisid®, the inhabitants of Pisidia, Pisi- 
dians. Cic. -IT Pisidlcus, a, um, adj. 
Pisidian. Plin. 
PISIDIA, ®, f. II<<n<Jia, a district of Asia 
Minor. Liv. 
PISINNOS (perhaps allied with pusillus), 
3 i, m. a boy, little boy. Labeo ap. Scholi¬ 
ast. Persii. Crudum manduces Priamum 
Priamique pisinnos. — Also, Pisinna, 
ob, f. Martial. 11, 73, 2. in some Edd., 
li. e. parva puella, little maid. 
PISINOS, a, um, adj. made from the legu 
minous plant pisuin. So Oesner reads ; 
but others read pissinus. 
PISISTRXTOS, i, m. TlsioiuTparog, Pisi- 
stratus, sole ruler (tyrannus) at Athens, in 
the time of king Servius Tullius. Cic. 
— Hence, Pisistratides, as, m. a descend¬ 
ant of the same. Liv. Pisistratid®. 
PJSIT5, as, expresses the voice of the 
3 starling. Auct. carm. de Philom. 
PISS, as, a. 1. same as Pinso, to pound, 
3 bray. Varr. Ed. Qesn. 
PISS (nrico-o), trriea); comp, pinso), is, 
2 si, a. 3. to bruise, beat or pound; same 
as Pinso. Cato and Plin. 
PISS (piso), onis. m. a mortar. Marcell. 
3 Empir. - IT Also, a Roman family 
name, for instance, of the Calpurnian 
gens. Cic. — Hence, Pisonlanus, a, 
um, adj. Pisonian, relating to Piso or the 
Pisos. Sueton. conjuratio. Hieronym. 
vitium, h. e. of L. Calp. Piso, the enemy 
of Cicero. (Oman. Cic. Pis. 1.) 
PISSaSPHaLTPuS (moadotpaXTog), i, m. 
pissasplialtus; a substance consisting of 
pitch and the slime called bitumen imbodied 
together. Plin. 
PISS2LA38N (inaaeXaiov), i, n. an oil 
made of cedar-pitch. Plin. 
PISSINOS (irin <r iros), a, um, adj. from 
2 pilch. Plin. oleum, pitch-oil. 
PISSOCeROS (nicrobKripog), i, m. pitch- 
wax ; an artificial substance made of pitch 
and wax ; the second foundation used by 
the bees. Plin. 
PISTACIA (irnrni/cq), ®, f. the pistache- 
tree. Pallad. (in prose.) 
PISTXCrUM, or PISTACiSUM (m ord- 
kiov), i, n. a pistachio nut, fistinut. Pal¬ 
lad. (who lengthens the antepenult.) 
and Plin. 
riSTXNA, ®, f. same as Sagitta, arrow¬ 
head. Plin. 
PISTILLUM, i, n. or PISTTLLOS (pinso), 
2 i, m. a pestle to pound with in a mortar, 
j'mcpos. Plaut. and Plin. 
PIST8, as, frequentat. from pinso.3 Veget. 
PIST0L5CHIA (wioroXoxta), *, f. a 
plant which was said to further delivery ; 
a kind of aristolochy or hartwort. Plin. 
25, c. 8, 3ect. 54. (where Hard, reads 
plislolochia in the same signif.). 
PISTOR (pinso), oris, m. a pounder, bray- 
er, especially who pounds corn in a mor¬ 
tar, or grinds it in a handmill ; a hand- 
miller. Plaut., Varro, and Plin. - 
IT Also, a baker of bread, and also of 
pastry, comfits, &c.; so, sometimes, a 
pastry cook, confectioner, &c. Cic., Plin. 
and Martial. — Jupiter was called Pis¬ 
ton, because he put it into the heads of 
the Romans, who were besieged in the 
capitol, to throw down loaves of bread, 
and so lead the besieging Gauls to sup¬ 
pose they had plenty of it. Ovid. 
PISToRICOS (pistor), a, um, adj. same 
as Pislorius. Pandect. (Others read pis- 
torias.) 
PIST5RIUM, ii, n. a town in Etruria, 
now Pistoia; hence, Pistoriensis, e, adj. 
Sallust, ager. Plaut. milites (where 
there is also an allusion to pistor). 
PiSToRIOS (pistor), a, um, adj. of orbe- 
2 longing to bakers, airoiroiiKog, aproitoii- 
sog. Plin. Operis pistorii genera. Cels. 
Opus pistorium valentissimuin esse, 
quod ex frumento, adipe, melle, caseo 
constat, pastry-work. Pandect. Operas 
pistorias locare (as some read). 
PISTRIGkR (pistris & gero), era, erum, 
3 adj. bearing a pistris, h. e. whose body 
ends in a pistris; or otherwise, carried 
by a pistris. Sidon. Triton. (Others 
read pristigero.) 
PTSTRILLX (dimin. from pistrina), ®, f. 
3 a hand-mill ; or a little mill or grinding- 
house. Terent. 
PISTRINA (pinso), ®, f. a place where 
2 corn is pounded or ground, and the meal 
baked, bake-house, bakery, of pastry, Sec. 
Plin. 
PISTRINaLIS (pistrinum), e, adj. belong- 
2 ing to a pounding-mill or mill (or bake¬ 
house), in a pounding-mill, Sec. Colum. 
pecus, h. e. swine which are fattened 
therein. 
PISTRTNaRIOS (Id.), ii, m. a miller, 
3 manager of a mill. Pandect. 
PISTRINeNSIS, e, adj. same as Pistrina- 
2 lis. Sueton. jumenta. 
PfSTRTNUM (pinso), i, n. a stamping or 
pounding-mill, h. e. a place where corn, 
before the invention of mills, was pounded 
in. hollow blocks or mortars. After the 
invention of mills, a horse-mill, ass-mill, 
&lc. ; slaves were also made to work in 
these by way of punishment, instead of 
beasts. Terent. Dedere aliquem in pis¬ 
trinum. So, Id. dare. Cic. detrudere. 
Pandect, conjicere. — In these mills 
bread was also baked. Hence, Pistri¬ 
num exercere, to be a miller and baker. 
Suet. — Swine also were fattened in 
these mills upon the bran. Plaut. - 
IT Figur. of a laborious business or place 
of hard work, mill, workhouse. Cic. 
Tibi mecum in eodem est pistrino vi- 
vendum. 
PISTRINOS (pistris), a, um, adj. See 
Prislinus (from pristis). 
PISTRIS, or PRISTIS, is, also PIS- 
TRlX, or PRTSTTX (niorpig, Trpiorig), 
Icis, f. any great sea-monster, as a whale, 
shark, saw-fish. Virg., Plin. and Flor. 
— Hence, the Whale, as a constellation. 
Cic. in Aral. — Also, a kind of fast-sailing 
ship, larger than a frigate. Liv. — Also, 
the name of a ship. Virg. 
PTSTRIX (pistor), icis, f. a woman who 
3 pounds corn ; hence, a bake-woman. Lu- 
cil. ap. Fesl. 
PISTuRX (pinso), ®, f. a pounding, for in- 
2 stance, of corn, grinding. Plin. 
PISTOS, a, um, particip. from pinso. 
PISUM (trioon), i, n. pease, thepea. Colum. 
PITANe, es, f. a town in JEolia. Ovid. 
PITHAULeS (TTiSmbV), ffi, m. a cask- 
piper, h. e. who makes use of a cask or a 
pipe having some likeness to a cask. Se¬ 
ver,. Ep. 76. The signif., however, is 
doubtful.-IT Salmas, prefers Pythau- 
les. 
PITHeCIUM (irtSyKiov), ii, n. a little ape. 
3 Plaut. -II Also, a plant, same as an- 
tirrliinon. Apul. 
PITHeCuSA, ®, or PITHeCuSAI, arum, 
f. an island on the coast of Italy, near Cu- 
mm, now Ischia. 
PITHEUS (irtSevg), ei and eos [dissyll.], 
and PITHOS (niSog), i, and PITHIaS 
(ntStas), ®, m. a meteor of the shape of 
a cask. Plin., Senec. and Apul. ( Manil. 
calls these dolia). 
PITTSSO. See Pytisso. 3 
PITTACIUM (-ittolkiov), ii, n. a slip or 
2 bit of paper or parchment, to stick upon 
something, on an anlpliora, for instance. 
Petrov,. Also, a slip of paper, little paper, 
memorandum. Lamprid. and Pandect. 
-IT Also, a little patch of linen or 
leather, which is to be besmeared with 
some salve or ointment and applied to a 
diseased part. Cels. 
PiTTXCOS, or -5S, i, m. ITirraxof, a 
philosopher at Mitylene, one of the seven 
wise men. Cic. 
PITTHEUS, eiand eos,m. IlrrSrfij, aking 
of Trmicn, whose daughter JEthra was 
wife of JEgtsus, and mother of Theseus. 
Ovid. -- IT Hence, Pittheis, Tdis of 
Idos, f. TUrdntg, Pitthean. Ovid. sc. fe- 
mina, daughter of Pittheus, li. e. JEthra. 
— Also, Pfttheius and contr. Pittheus, a, 
urn, adj. ITi-TTfyi'oj, TlirSeTog, Pitthean. 
Ovid. 
PITOINCS (nirvinog), a, um, adj. from 
3 pines. Veget. resina. 
PITOITA (perhaps from tttvco, iutvco), », 
f. clammy moisture. — In the body 
phlegm, rheum, ipXtypa. Cic. Quemad 
inodum cum sanguis corruptus est, aut 
pituita redundat, aut bilis, in corpore 
morbi regrotationesque nascuntnr. Plin. 
Hujus radix pituitas capitis purgat. Id. 
Pituitam oris siccare. Id. Adversus 
acutas pituitas fluxiones, quas Gr®ci 
rheuinatismos vocant. — In trees, a vis¬ 
cous moisture or humor. Plin. — In 
hens, the pip. Plin. ■——IT This word 
is frequently of tiiree syllables in poetry. 
PiTOITaRIA y(pituita), ®, f. sc. lierba, an 
herb which is said to carry off pituita oris. 
Plin. 
PITOiToSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. full of 
phlegm, phlegmatic, <pXeypaTcoSys. Cic. 
PITyINOS (ttitvlvos), a. um, adj. from 
3 pines. Marccll. Empir. 
PITyIS (nirvig), idos, f. a pine-apple. 
Plin. 
PITyOCaMPA, ®, and PITyOCaMPe 
(nirvoKapTry), es, f. a worm that grows 
out of the pine-tree, (Phalsna Bombyx 
pityocampa, L.). Plin. 
PITYSMA. See Pytisma. 
PITyOSa (TUrvovaa, abounding in pines), 
■<B, f. an island in the Argolic gulf. Plin. 
-IT Also, Pityus®, two islands in the 
Mediterranean, near Spain, namely Ebu- 
sus and Opliiusa. Plin. On account of 
the smallness of the latter, we find 
also Pityusa, without further distinction, 
to denote Ebusvs. Liv. -II Also, a 
venetablc or shrub. Plin. 
PIdS (unc.), a, um, adj. pious, rightly dis¬ 
posed, religions, devout, revering the gods, 
virtuous, conscientious, godly, holy, good, 
evaePys. Plaut. Faciiius, si quis pius 
est, a diis supplicans, quam qui scelestus 
est, inveniet veniam sibi. Id. At ego 
faciam, piam et pudicam esse tuam uxo- 
rem ut scias. Cic. homo. Terent. in- 
genium Pamphili. Catull. poeta. — 
Hence, the departed, in Elysium, are call¬ 
ed pii. Cic. Vos, qui extremum spiri- 
tum in victoria effudistis, piorum estis 
sedem et locum consecuti. Ovid. Arva 
piorum. — Also, -of things. Cic. Pia 
et sterna pax, conscientious. Ovid. 
Pium est, it is conformable to duty, pleas¬ 
ing to the gods. Id. Contra jusque pi- 
umque ( subst.). Ilorat. Far pium (as 
being offered to the gods). Cato. qu®s- 
tus, just, permitted, righteous, honest,, inno¬ 
cent. Ilorat. Pii luci, h. e. which only pious 
singers may enter; or generally sacred. 
-IT Also, pious, in respect of the re¬ 
lations we sustain to parents, children, 
brothers and sisters, relatives, friends, 
our country, our rulers, our benefactors, 
our teachers ; consequently as the con¬ 
nection may require, dutiful, affectionate, 
kind, grateful, loyal, respectful, &c. Ovid. 
Pia sarcina nati, h. e. Anchises, who was 
borne on the shoulders of his son from 
the flames of Troy. Id. Impietate (sc. 
towards her son) pia (sc. towards her 
brother) est, h. e. faithful, affectionate, 
sisterly, &c. Cic. Pius in parentes. JVe- 
pos. Neque ea non pia fuerunt, not pa¬ 
triotic. Plane, ad Cic. Pi® propinquita- 
tes. Ovid. Pii metus (of a wife, anx¬ 
ious about her husband’s life). Id Af- 
firinat fore se memorem piumqne, grate¬ 
ful or loving dearly. -U Also, lawful, 
legitimate, just. Cic. Pius dolor et justa 
iracundia. Liv. bellum. - IT Also, 
gracious, forgiving, clement. Claudian. 
— And generally, gracious, kind, friend¬ 
ly ; hence, Ilorat. names his wine-jar, 
Pia testa. - II Superl. Piissimus. 
Senec. and Anton, ap. Cic. (hut Cic. 
blames it). — Pientissimus. See Piens. 
PIX (rriaaa), plcis, f. pitch. Ovid, and 
Ilorat. — It was used in punishing 
slaves, being dropped upon them boil¬ 
ing. Lucret. and Plaut. -If Vitruv. 
and Plin. Pix liquida; and also, Virg. 
and Vitruv. Pix (merely), tar. 
PLACABILIS (placo), e, adj. ensytobeap- 
peased or pacified, flexible, placable, ebtXa- 
ti>s, evirapapvSyrof. Auct. ad Herenn. 
Inimicis te placabilem, amicis inexora- 
bilem pr®bes. Cic. Irritaoiles animos 
esse optimorum s®pe hominum, et eos- 
