FOC 
from tnat where they got in. So, per¬ 
haps, in Martial. 3, 91, 10. IT A 
board on a funeral pile, upon which, a 
corpse lies. Martial. 8, 44, 13. _ 
IT A book-shelf, book-case. Juvenal, and 
Pers. -IT A wall or fence between two 
columns. Vitruv. 4, 4 ; 5, 1. 
PLOTS, or PLuToN, onis, m. nXotiriov, 
the king of the lower world, husband of 
Proserpine, and brother of Jupiter and 
Neptune. Cic., Virg., &c. — Hence, 
Plutonlus, a, um, adj. Plutonian, relat¬ 
ing, belonging, &c. to Pluto. Horat. do- 
mus, h. e. the lower regions. Prudent. 
conjux, h. c. Proserpine. Hence, Cic. 
Divin. 1, 36. Plutonia, sc. loca, a region 
in Asia, perhaps in Lydia, which °Cic. 
called deadly, which seems to account 
for the name. 
PLuTSR (pluo), oris, m. who rains, sender 
3 or dispenser of rain. Augustin. 
PLuTOS, i, m. nAoOroy, the god of riches 
3 (from 7r Xovros, riches). Phcedr. 
PLuVIX (pluvius), re, f. sc., aqua, rain, 
verbs. Virg. Also, plur. Cic. — Also, 
rain-water. Plin. Admixta pluvia.- 
IT Pluvia is rain, the beneficial supply 
given by nature to the thirsting soil, as 
a general or lasting rain ; Iniber and 
Nimbus involve the idea of an unfriend¬ 
ly occurrence, as a shower which dis¬ 
turbs fine weather, with this difference, 
however, that imber is used of rain, as 
accompanied with cold, stormy weath¬ 
er, and nimbus in so far as it is attended 
with thick weather. 
PLOVlALrs (pluvia), e, adj. relating to 
2 rain, belonging to rain, rainy, berios. 
Colum. dies. Ovid, aqua, rain-water. 
Tacit. Pluvialibus imbribus superfusus 
amnis. Ovid. fungi, which grow by 
rain. id. sidus, rainy, bringing rain. 
So, Virg. II*di (a constellation). And, 
Id. austri. 
PLuVi" aTICOS, a, um, adj. same as Plu 
3 vialis. Marcell. Empir. aqua, rain¬ 
water._ 
PLOVIaTILIS, e,adj. same as Pluvialis. 
2 Cels, aqua, rain-water. 
PLOVloSOS (pluvia), a, um, adj. full of 
2 rain, rainy, venos. Plin. hiems. 
PLOVlOS (pluo), a, um, adj. rainy, bring¬ 
ing or causing rain, ierios. Virg. Hyades. 
Horat. Pluvii venti. Id. rores, rains. 
Colum. dies. Cato. Pluvias tempesta- 
tes. Varr. Pluvium cielum. Colum. 
caeli status. Tibull. Jupiter. Horat. 
arcus, the rainbow. Cic. Aqua pluvia, 
rain-water. Ovid. Pluvium aurum, a 
shower of gold. 
PNEUMXl fCHS (iri/cvpartKos), a, um, 
2 adj. relating to the air or wind, moved by 
wind, pneumatical, pneumatic. Plin. Pneu- 
matica organa, engines with which, by the 
power of the air or zoind, they draw up 
any thing, as water from a well; as, the 
pump, &c. Id. Laudatus est Ctesibius 
pneumatica ratione, et hydraulicis or- 
ganis repertis, h. c. for the invention of 
air-machines and musical instruments that 
played by water. Vitruv. Ctesibius A1 
exandrinus, qui spiritus naturales, 
pneumaticasque res invenit. 
PNTGEUS (ninyevs), ei and eos, m. [dis- 
3 syllab.] a machine: or vessel like an invert¬ 
ed tunnel, which, in an hydraulic machine, 
keeps down the ascending air, and, as it 
chokes it. Vitruv. 
PNIGITIS (7 rviylrif), idis, f. sc. terra, a 
certain coarse and glutinous kind of earth. 
Plm. 
P °, P re P- insep., from the Gr. irori, h. e. 
ttpof, to, by, &c. expressing power or 
possession, or strengthening the idea 
contained in the verb; as in polleo, 
polhceor, pono, &c. 
Po , anciently for post; thus, Po’meridi- 
ap._ Q uintil. 
POCiLLaTOK (pocillum), oris, m. a cup- 
p^T‘ r \ ocv °X^°s. Apul. 
2Kn,, jL JM r (dlInin - of Poculum), i, n. a 
^ttle cup. Lw. and Cato. 
°^ T0S um > adj. ft to 
nuk, that may be drunk, rord;, irdn/xos. 
tic. (according to some Edd.) and Quint. 
ap. Cell. 
2 (’rdai, h. e. irii/oi), i, n. a cup, 
" “W* 1 or \owl, beaker, norfipiov, 
d„nn" Nobis idem Alcimedon 
duo pocula f ecit . 0vid Terra ru|)ens 
«ater, pqpula fagus erant. Tibull. Pic- 
85 
POEN 
PCEN 
tilia pocula. Horat. aurea. Cic. Ex- 
haurire poculum. Horat. ducere. Pc- 
tron. avide siccare. - IT Also, the 
liquor that is drunk ; a draught, potion. 
Virg. Pocula sunt fontes liquidi. Ho¬ 
rat. Desiderique temperare poculum, 
A. e. philtrum. Flor. Epulantes, ac, 
ubi essent, pr* poculis nescientes, A. e. 
prse ebrietate. Cic. Inter coenam, in 
ipsis tuis immanibus poculis hoc tibi ac- 
cidisset. Id. Is sermo, qui more majo- 
rum a summo adhibetur in poculis_ 
IT Poclum, for poculum. Prudent. 
PODXGitR (ir oSaypos), agri, m. one that is 
3 gouty. Enn. ap. Prise. 
P 6 DXGRA (ir odaypa), *, f. the gout in the 
feet. Cic., Ovid, &c.— In plur. Cels. 
and Plin. 
PSDXGRICOS ( rroSctypiKos), a, um, adj. 
2 afflicted or troubled with the gout, rrouty. 
Cels. 
PSDXGRoSOS (podagra), a, uin, adject. 
3 having the gout, gouty, tro&ayp6y. 
Plant. 
PfiDXLIRiOS, ii, m. IloJaX rfpios, a son of 
— JEsculapius, noted for his skill in the heal¬ 
ing art. Ovid. -IT Also, a Trojan of 
the same name. Virg. 
PSDeIIeS (7 ToSqpris, from irovs & apoo), or 
3 PQDeRIS, is, m. a linen garment worn by 
priests, reaching to the feet. Tertull. 
P5DeX (pedo), icis, m. the fundament, 
3 7 rpauc 7 -< 5 y. Horat. 
P5DiSMXTi)S (podismus), a, um, adj. 
3 measured- out by feet. Fronlin. 
P0DISM0S (iToSicpos), i, m. a measuring 
3 out of any thing by feet. Vitruv. 
PODIUM (iroSiov), ii,n.perhaps, properly, 
2 a step, h. e. an elevated place to step upon ; 
hence, an elevated place, height. Pallad. 
And, in a building, a balcony. Plin. Ep. 
and Vitruv. — Especially, in the circus 
or amphitheatre, a projecting part, next 
the arena, immediately in front of the 
place occupied by the emperor and 
nobles. Sueton. and Juvenal. — Also, 
the prop, stay or continuing support of a 
building. Vitruv. 
PCEANTIXDES, ) _ „ 
PCEANTIUS. \ See Fmas ■ 3 
PCEaS (Ilofaj), antis, m. a Thessalian, 
father of Philoctetes. Ovid. Pceante satus, 
son of Pceas, h. e. Philoctetes. - 
IT Hence, Pceantiades, *, m. son of Pce¬ 
as, h. e. Philoctetes. Ovid. -IT Also, 
Poeantlus, a, um, adj. of or pertaining to 
Pceas. Ovid. Poeantia proles, or,'’Id. 
Poeantius lieros, or, Id. (absol.) Poean- 
tius, A. e. Philoctetes. -IT Also writ¬ 
ten Pteas, &c. 
PCECILe (7701x1X17, sc. oroa), sc. porticus, 
2es, f. a portico or gallery at Athens, where 
the Stoics were wont to walk and discourse, 
so called from its being adorned with 
pictures. Plin. -IT Also, a gallery at 
Elis. Plin. 
POeMX (770117/111), atis, n. a poem, poetical 
composition. Cic., Horat., &c. — Gem. 
plur. poematorum. Cic. ap. Charis. — 
Dat.. or abl. plur. poematis. Plaut., 
Varr. and Cic. 
POeMXTIUM ( 7 ro 117/1 a 7 -ion), ii, n. a short 
2 poem. Plin. Ep. 
PCEMfiNIS (noipr)v, -evos), jdis, f. the 
name, of a dog, Keeper. Ovid. 
PCENX ( 77011 / 77 ), te, f. the ransom-money for 
a deed of blood, and, in a wider sense, 
the satisfaction which is given or taken 
for a crime committed or a wrong in¬ 
flicted ; hence, it may be sometimes 
translated vengeance or revenge. and 
sometimes punishment. Cic. Poenas do- 
mestici sanguinis expetere, to demand 
satisfaction for the blood of one of his fami¬ 
ly, or to avenge the blood, &c. Id. Fu¬ 
ll®, quasdies noctesque parentum pcenas 
a consceleratissirais filiis repetant, pun¬ 
ish the children for the murder of their pa¬ 
rents, or avenge the blood of the parents 
upon the children. Id. Pcenas hominis 
persequi, to avenge one. So, also, Id. 
Pcenas patrias (A. e. patris) petsequi. 
Sallust. Pcenas capere pro aliquo, to 
avenge one. Cic. Ab aliquo petere poe- 
nas sui doloris, to seek to obtain satisfac¬ 
tion from any one for the mortification they 
suffer, h. e. to avenge themselves upon 
him for their, &c. Ovid. Poenas verbo- 
rum capere, to take vengeance for the 
words. Lucan. Accipere poenas, to take 
revenge upon one, or to punish one. Liv. 
673 
Poenas habere ab aliquo, to have .ivenired 
one's self upon one. But, Id. Pcenamlia- 
bere, to have his punishment, h. e. be pun¬ 
ished. Cic. Pcenas dare alicui, to render 
satisfaction, afford revenge, suffer punish¬ 
ment (where the dat. expresses the per¬ 
son who inflicts the punishment or is 
revenged thereby). And without the 
dat. Id. Af dedit pcenas. Id. Do pcenas 
temeritatis. Sallust. Nte ille fratris mei 
necis graves pcenas reddet, shall render 
a heavy account, pay a terrible atonement, 
suffer heavy punishment. Cic. Poena vi- 
tie, capital punishment. So, Cces. capitis. 
Cic. Poena aliquem afficere, or multare, 
to inflict punishment upon, to punish. Liv. 
Poenas capere de aliquo; or, Virg. sume- 
re, to punish him. Ovid. In poenas ire, 
to resort to punishment, inflict punishment. 
Cic. Aliqua pcena teneri, to come under, 
be liable to. Id. Pcenas alicui pendere 
alicujus rei (for something) ; or, Terent. 
(without rei), to suffer, &c. Cic. de- 
pendere reip. ; or, Pandect, dependere, 
to suffer. Cic. expendere, solvere, per- 
solvere, to suffer punishment, be punished. 
Id. Sustinere poenam. Id. Suflerre 
pcenas. Id. subire. Id. perferre. Id. 
luere. Id. ferre; or, Ovid, pati, to suf¬ 
fer punishment or be punished. -IT Al¬ 
so, Punishment, or Vengeance, as a god¬ 
dess, the goddess of punishment or ven¬ 
geance, who avenges the wrongs of the 
innocent, and punishes the wicked. 
Cic. O Pcena! o Furia sociorum! Id. 
A iiberum Poenis actum esse pracipi- 
tem. Lucan. Pcenae nocentum. Val. 
Flacc. 1, 798. Grandceva Furorum Pce- 
na parens. - IT Also, any hardship, 
torment, trouble, pain, suffering. Plin. 
Ill* pariendi poenis invalid*? Senec. 
Frugalitatem exigit philosophia, non 
pcenam. — Also, hard usage, abuse, mal¬ 
treatment. Virg. CAuis lam crudeles 
optavit sumere poenas? to abuse you so 
cruelly, to shozo you such cruel usage. 
Of victors to the vanquished. Senec- 
Hippol. 439. Justin. 3, 5_IT Also, 
payment of a thing, for instance, in play 
(which may be called punishment),. 
Ovid. Vietam ne pcena sequatur. Virg. 
votorum, of his vozos. - IT Poena, as 
an atonement or means of expiation 
which a man renders 5 Supplicium, 
especially capital punishment and hard: 
punishment ; Malta, a fine ; Castigatio, 
chastisement, particularly for the im¬ 
provement of the sufferer, correction ; 
Animadversio, punishing. 
PCENaLIS (pcena), e, adj. pertaining to 
2 punishment, penal. Plin. Pilo vincto- 
rum poenali opera. Id. Poenales aquas, 
dirisque genitas. Solin. Poenales tene- 
br*, A. e. into which one is cast by way of 
punishment. Pandect. Pcenalis actio, 
A. e. for the punishment of a crime which 
had remained unpunished. Id. stipulatio. 
Id. causa. Id. conditio. Id. Pcenalia. 
judicia. Cod. Just. Career poenalium, 
career hominum noxiorum est. 
PCENaLiTSR (pcenalis), adv. by way of 
3 punishment. Ammian. 
PCENaRIOS (poena), a, um, adj. same as 
2 Pcenalis. Quintil. actio. 
PCENi, orum, m. the Carthaginians. See 
Pwnus. 
PCENICe, adv. same as Punice. Varr. 
Q,ui de agricultura scripserunt et Pceni- 
ce, et Grace, et Latine, in the Cartha¬ 
ginian language. 
PCENICiSOS. See Phceniccus. 
PCENICOS, a, um, same as Punicus. Ncp. 
PCENINOS. See Penninus. 
PCENIS, is, an old form for Punio. OelL 
1 — Also, as a deponent. Cic. Tusc. 1,44. 
PCENITeNDOS, a, um. See Pcettxieo. 
PCENITeNS, entis. See Pceniteo. 
PCENITeNT£R (poenitens), adv. venitent- 
3 ly. Minuc. Fel. 
PCENITeNTIa (Id.), re, f. repentance, 
2 penitence, contrition, peravoia. Pluedr. 
Dare poenas turpe 3 pcenitenti*. Liv. 
Ceierem pmnitentiam, sed eandem se- 
ram atque inutilem sequi. Plin. Ep. 
Ne rursus provinci*, quod damnasse 
dicitur, placeat, agatque pcenitentiam 
pcenitenti* su*. Tacit. Dein mutati 
in pcenitentiam primani, quartanique, 
Voculam sequuntur. Flor. Inde Sar- 
diniam recessit, ibique morbo, et poe- 
nitentia interiit. Pandect. Pcenitentia 
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