author of the

Ŏtho, ōnis, m., = Othôn, a Roman surname.

L. Roscius Otho, a knight, a friend of Cicero, and author of the law that the knights should occupy the first fourteen seats in the theatre next to the orchestra, Cic. Mur. 19, 40; cf. Ascon. ad Cornel. p. 79 Orell.—Hence, sic libitum vano, qui nos distinxit, Othoni, Juv. 3, 159.—

M. Salvius Otho, a Roman emperor, whose biography is given by Suetonius:

mollis Otho,

Mart. 6, 32, 2; Juv. 2, 99.—Hence,

Ŏthōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the emperor Otho, Othonian:

Othoniani duces,

of the emperor Otho, Tac. H. 2, 24:

partes,

id. ib. 2, 33.

Ŏtho, ōnis, m., = Othôn, a Roman surname.

L. Roscius Otho, a knight, a friend of Cicero, and author of the law that the knights should occupy the first fourteen seats in the theatre next to the orchestra, Cic. Mur. 19, 40; cf. Ascon. ad Cornel. p. 79 Orell.—Hence, sic libitum vano, qui nos distinxit, Othoni, Juv. 3, 159.—

M. Salvius Otho, a Roman emperor, whose biography is given by Suetonius:

mollis Otho,

Mart. 6, 32, 2; Juv. 2, 99.—Hence,

Ŏthōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the emperor Otho, Othonian:

Othoniani duces,

of the emperor Otho, Tac. H. 2, 24:

partes,

id. ib. 2, 33.

Pallădĭus, a, um, v. 1. Pallas, II. A.

Pallădĭus, ii, m., a Roman surname. So, Palladius Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus, probably a Roman by birth, who lived in the fourth century of the Christian era, the author of a work on agriculture, in fourteen books.

pārens, entis, Part. and P. a., from pareo.

părens, entis, m. and f. ( gen. plur. parentum and parentium, cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.; Charis. p. 111 P.; Diom. p. 282 ib.:

masculino genere parentem appellabant antiqui etiam matrem,

Fest. p. 151 Müll.; so,

Gracchus,

Charis. p. 79 P.) [pario], a procreator, a father or mother, a parent; most freq. in the plur., parents.

Lit.: SI PARENTEM PVER VERBERIT... DIVIS PARENTVM SACER ESTO, Lex regia: qui parentem aut hospitem Necasset, Enn. ap. Non. 153, 29 (Trag. v. 239 Vahl.):

parens tuus,

Cic. Sull. 29, 81; Hor. A. P. 313:

illum et parentis crediderim sui Fregisse cervicem,

id. C. 2, 13, 5:

alma parens Idaea deum,

Verg. A. 10, 252:

an tu reris eum (Orestem) occisā insanuisse parente? etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 134:

imperator, qui sibi parentis loco esset,

i. e. entitled to the reverence due a father, Liv. 4, 42, 8; cf.:

(Lolliam) privignis parentis loco futuram,

be a mother to them, Tac. A. 12. 2:

parentis eam (Darii matrem) loco diligi colique,

Curt. 5, 3, 11:

per speciem honorandae parentis,

Liv. 8, [p. 1303] 22, 2; 26, 49, 13.—In plur.:

quae (caritas) est inter natos et parentes,

Cic. Lael. 8, 27:

parentes cum liberis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 108:

opus a parentibus majoribusque meis relictum,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

in parentum loco,

id. Planc. 11, 28.— Of animals, a sire or dam, Varr. R. R. 3, 7 fin.:

gravida stans,

Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; Cels. 6, 6, 39; Stat. Th. 10, 231.—

Transf.

Grandparents, and, in gen., progenitors, ancestors (parentes, like patres, is used of the generations immediately preceding the present; all ancestors more remote than the grandparents are called majores, Seyffert ad Cic. Lael. p. 260):

Siciliam tantum ac Sardiniam parentibus nostris ereptas nostrā virtute recuperaturi essemus,

Liv. 21, 43, 6:

appellatione parentis non tantum pater, sed etiam avus et proavus, et deinceps omnes superiores continentur: sed et mater et avia et proavia,

Dig. 50, 16, 51; cf. ib. 2, 4, 4; Fest. p. 221 Müll.; Cic. Inv. 1, 54, 103; Verg. A. 9, 3; 10, 76; 619:

si patriam, parentes, antiqua mallent quam dominos et colonias novas,

Tac. A. 1, 59; Dig. 23, 3, 5.—

Relations, kinsfolk, kindred (rare and not ante-Aug.):

solent rei capitis adhibere vobis parentes. Duos ego fratres nuper amisi,

Curt. 6, 10, 30; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 67; Capitol. M. Aur. 5; Flor. 3, 18, 5.—(Whether we are to take it in this sense in Liv 34, 32, 12, is doubtful.) —

Trop., a father, founder, inventor, author (class.):

me quem nonnulli conservatorem istius urbis, quem parentem esse dixerunt,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

operum parens effectorque,

id. Univ. 11:

Socrates parens philosophiae,

id. Fin. 2, 1, 1; cf.:

Tullius facundiae Latiarumque litterarum parens,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 117; and:

Homerus primus doctrinarum et antiquitatis parens,

id. 25, 2, 5, § 11:

(Mercurius) curvae lyrae parens,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 6:

earum (rerum) parens est educatrixque sapientia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62.—As an honorary appellation:

quid prius dicam solitis Parentis Laudibus,

i. e. Jupiter, Hor. C. 1, 12, 13:

Latius,

i. e. Domitian, Stat. S. 1, 2, 178.

paulus ( paull-), a, um, adj. [for paurulus; Gr. root pauros; cf. misellus for miserulus].

In gen., little, small (anteclass. and poet.):

paulo momento huc vel illuc impelli,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

paulo sumptu,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

pauper a paulo lare,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.: paula trua, Titin. ap. Non. 19, 19.—

Subst.: pau-lum, i, n., a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum [p. 1318] hoc tibi dabo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

quasi vero paulum intersiet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 18:

an paulum hoc esse tibi videtur?

id. ib. 5, 2, 18;

5, 8, 38: agelli paulum,

id. Ad. 5, 8, 26:

supplicī,

id. And. 5, 3, 32; so,

negotī,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 92:

lucri,

id. ib. 4, 4, 25:

paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium,

allotted a small part of his defence, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

nil Aut paulum abstulerat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33:

ubi paulum nescio quid superest,

Juv. 11, 47: post paulum, v. infra. —

Adverb. uses.

Abl.: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.

With comp.:

paulo prius,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 7:

liberius paulo,

Cic. Or. 24, 82:

civis haud paulo melior, quam, etc.,

id. Att. 2, 12, 3:

paulo secus,

id. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

haud paulo plus,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

paulo minus consideratus,

id. Quint. 3, 11:

paulo magis affabre factus,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

verbis paulo magis priscis uti,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

paulo longius processerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

maturius paulo,

id. ib. 1, 54:

paulo minus quatuordecim annos,

a little under, Suet. Ner. 40:

paulo minus, quam privatum egit,

id. Tib. 26:

paulo minus octogesimo aetatis anno decessit,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1:

paulo minus quinque millia,

id. Pan. 28, 4.—

Esp. with ante, post:

quae paulo ante praecepta dedimus,

Cic. Part. 39, 137:

paulo ante,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; Juv. 6, 227; 9, 114:

post paulo,

just after, a little after, Sall. C. 18, 3; Liv. 22, 60. —

With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison:

magnitudine paulo antecedunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

verba paulo nimium redundantia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

histrio si paulo se movit extra numerum,

id. Par. 3, 2, 26:

paulo ultra eum locum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

paulo mox,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.—

Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat:

paulo qui est homo tolerabilis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31:

ut non solum gloriosis consiliis utamur, sed etiam paulo salubribus,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5:

aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna, Lux mea, etc.,

Cat. 68, 131.—Hence,

Acc.: paulum, a little, somewhat:

paulum supra eum locum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

epistolae me paulum recreant,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5:

paulum differre,

id. Agr. 2, 31, 85:

requiescere,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

commorari,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 10 (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch):

paulum aspectu conterritus haesit,

Verg. A. 3, 597.—

With adv. of time or place:

post paulum,

a little later, after a short time, Caes. B. G. 7, 50; Quint. 9, 4, 19; 2, 17, 25; 11, 3, 148:

ultra paulum,

id. 11, 3, 21; cf.:

infra jugulum,

Suet. Caes. 82; cf. also: paulum praelabitur ante, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111.—

With comp.:

haud paulum major,

Sil. 15, 21:

tardius,

Stat. Th. 10, 938.

Paulus ( Paull-), i, m., a Roman surname (not a praenomen; cf. Borghesi Framm. de' Fasti Cons. i. p. 49, and his Dec. Numism. 4, n. 10) of the Æmilian family, Cic. Lael. 6, 21; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14.

L. Aemilius Paulus, a consul who fell in the battle near Cannœ, Hor. C. 1, 12, 38; Cic. Sen. 20, 75; id. Div. 2, 33, 71.—

The son of no. I., the adoptive father of the younger Scipio and the conqueror of Perseus, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; id. Sen. 6, 15. —

Q. Paulus Fabius Maximus, a consul A. U. C. 743, Front. Aquaed. 100.—

Julius Paulus, a celebrated jurist under Alexander Severus, a colleague of Papinian, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26.—

Paul, Christian name of Saul of Tarsus, the apostle to the Gentiles, author of many epistles to the Churches, Vulg. Act. passim.—

Sergius Paulus, proconsul in Cyprus, Vulg. Act. 13, 7.—Hence,

Paulĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Paulian:

Pauliana victoria,

the victory of L. Æmilius Paulus over Perseus, Val. Max. 8, 11, 1: Pauliana responsa, of the jurist J. Paulus, Dig. praef. ad Antecess. § 5.—

Paulī-nus ( Paull-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Pauline, only as a Roman surname.—Subst.

Paulīnus, i, m.:

C. Suetonius Paulinus,

Tac. A. 14, 29.—

Paulīna, ae, f.:

Lollia Paulina,

wife of the emperor Caligula, Suet. Calig. 25; Tac. A. 12, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.

paulus ( paull-), a, um, adj. [for paurulus; Gr. root pauros; cf. misellus for miserulus].

In gen., little, small (anteclass. and poet.):

paulo momento huc vel illuc impelli,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

paulo sumptu,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

pauper a paulo lare,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.: paula trua, Titin. ap. Non. 19, 19.—

Subst.: pau-lum, i, n., a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum [p. 1318] hoc tibi dabo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

quasi vero paulum intersiet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 18:

an paulum hoc esse tibi videtur?

id. ib. 5, 2, 18;

5, 8, 38: agelli paulum,

id. Ad. 5, 8, 26:

supplicī,

id. And. 5, 3, 32; so,

negotī,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 92:

lucri,

id. ib. 4, 4, 25:

paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium,

allotted a small part of his defence, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

nil Aut paulum abstulerat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33:

ubi paulum nescio quid superest,

Juv. 11, 47: post paulum, v. infra. —

Adverb. uses.

Abl.: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.

With comp.:

paulo prius,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 7:

liberius paulo,

Cic. Or. 24, 82:

civis haud paulo melior, quam, etc.,

id. Att. 2, 12, 3:

paulo secus,

id. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

haud paulo plus,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

paulo minus consideratus,

id. Quint. 3, 11:

paulo magis affabre factus,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

verbis paulo magis priscis uti,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

paulo longius processerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

maturius paulo,

id. ib. 1, 54:

paulo minus quatuordecim annos,

a little under, Suet. Ner. 40:

paulo minus, quam privatum egit,

id. Tib. 26:

paulo minus octogesimo aetatis anno decessit,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1:

paulo minus quinque millia,

id. Pan. 28, 4.—

Esp. with ante, post:

quae paulo ante praecepta dedimus,

Cic. Part. 39, 137:

paulo ante,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; Juv. 6, 227; 9, 114:

post paulo,

just after, a little after, Sall. C. 18, 3; Liv. 22, 60. —

With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison:

magnitudine paulo antecedunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

verba paulo nimium redundantia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

histrio si paulo se movit extra numerum,

id. Par. 3, 2, 26:

paulo ultra eum locum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

paulo mox,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.—

Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat:

paulo qui est homo tolerabilis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31:

ut non solum gloriosis consiliis utamur, sed etiam paulo salubribus,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5:

aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna, Lux mea, etc.,

Cat. 68, 131.—Hence,

Acc.: paulum, a little, somewhat:

paulum supra eum locum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

epistolae me paulum recreant,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5:

paulum differre,

id. Agr. 2, 31, 85:

requiescere,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

commorari,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 10 (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch):

paulum aspectu conterritus haesit,

Verg. A. 3, 597.—

With adv. of time or place:

post paulum,

a little later, after a short time, Caes. B. G. 7, 50; Quint. 9, 4, 19; 2, 17, 25; 11, 3, 148:

ultra paulum,

id. 11, 3, 21; cf.:

infra jugulum,

Suet. Caes. 82; cf. also: paulum praelabitur ante, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111.—

With comp.:

haud paulum major,

Sil. 15, 21:

tardius,

Stat. Th. 10, 938.

Paulus ( Paull-), i, m., a Roman surname (not a praenomen; cf. Borghesi Framm. de' Fasti Cons. i. p. 49, and his Dec. Numism. 4, n. 10) of the Æmilian family, Cic. Lael. 6, 21; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14.

L. Aemilius Paulus, a consul who fell in the battle near Cannœ, Hor. C. 1, 12, 38; Cic. Sen. 20, 75; id. Div. 2, 33, 71.—

The son of no. I., the adoptive father of the younger Scipio and the conqueror of Perseus, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; id. Sen. 6, 15. —

Q. Paulus Fabius Maximus, a consul A. U. C. 743, Front. Aquaed. 100.—

Julius Paulus, a celebrated jurist under Alexander Severus, a colleague of Papinian, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26.—

Paul, Christian name of Saul of Tarsus, the apostle to the Gentiles, author of many epistles to the Churches, Vulg. Act. passim.—

Sergius Paulus, proconsul in Cyprus, Vulg. Act. 13, 7.—Hence,

Paulĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Paulian:

Pauliana victoria,

the victory of L. Æmilius Paulus over Perseus, Val. Max. 8, 11, 1: Pauliana responsa, of the jurist J. Paulus, Dig. praef. ad Antecess. § 5.—

Paulī-nus ( Paull-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Pauline, only as a Roman surname.—Subst.

Paulīnus, i, m.:

C. Suetonius Paulinus,

Tac. A. 14, 29.—

Paulīna, ae, f.:

Lollia Paulina,

wife of the emperor Caligula, Suet. Calig. 25; Tac. A. 12, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.

paulus ( paull-), a, um, adj. [for paurulus; Gr. root pauros; cf. misellus for miserulus].

In gen., little, small (anteclass. and poet.):

paulo momento huc vel illuc impelli,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

paulo sumptu,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

pauper a paulo lare,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.: paula trua, Titin. ap. Non. 19, 19.—

Subst.: pau-lum, i, n., a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum [p. 1318] hoc tibi dabo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

quasi vero paulum intersiet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 18:

an paulum hoc esse tibi videtur?

id. ib. 5, 2, 18;

5, 8, 38: agelli paulum,

id. Ad. 5, 8, 26:

supplicī,

id. And. 5, 3, 32; so,

negotī,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 92:

lucri,

id. ib. 4, 4, 25:

paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium,

allotted a small part of his defence, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

nil Aut paulum abstulerat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33:

ubi paulum nescio quid superest,

Juv. 11, 47: post paulum, v. infra. —

Adverb. uses.

Abl.: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.

With comp.:

paulo prius,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 7:

liberius paulo,

Cic. Or. 24, 82:

civis haud paulo melior, quam, etc.,

id. Att. 2, 12, 3:

paulo secus,

id. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

haud paulo plus,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

paulo minus consideratus,

id. Quint. 3, 11:

paulo magis affabre factus,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

verbis paulo magis priscis uti,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

paulo longius processerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

maturius paulo,

id. ib. 1, 54:

paulo minus quatuordecim annos,

a little under, Suet. Ner. 40:

paulo minus, quam privatum egit,

id. Tib. 26:

paulo minus octogesimo aetatis anno decessit,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1:

paulo minus quinque millia,

id. Pan. 28, 4.—

Esp. with ante, post:

quae paulo ante praecepta dedimus,

Cic. Part. 39, 137:

paulo ante,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; Juv. 6, 227; 9, 114:

post paulo,

just after, a little after, Sall. C. 18, 3; Liv. 22, 60. —

With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison:

magnitudine paulo antecedunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

verba paulo nimium redundantia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

histrio si paulo se movit extra numerum,

id. Par. 3, 2, 26:

paulo ultra eum locum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

paulo mox,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.—

Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat:

paulo qui est homo tolerabilis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31:

ut non solum gloriosis consiliis utamur, sed etiam paulo salubribus,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5:

aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna, Lux mea, etc.,

Cat. 68, 131.—Hence,

Acc.: paulum, a little, somewhat:

paulum supra eum locum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

epistolae me paulum recreant,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5:

paulum differre,

id. Agr. 2, 31, 85:

requiescere,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

commorari,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 10 (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch):

paulum aspectu conterritus haesit,

Verg. A. 3, 597.—

With adv. of time or place:

post paulum,

a little later, after a short time, Caes. B. G. 7, 50; Quint. 9, 4, 19; 2, 17, 25; 11, 3, 148:

ultra paulum,

id. 11, 3, 21; cf.:

infra jugulum,

Suet. Caes. 82; cf. also: paulum praelabitur ante, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111.—

With comp.:

haud paulum major,

Sil. 15, 21:

tardius,

Stat. Th. 10, 938.

Paulus ( Paull-), i, m., a Roman surname (not a praenomen; cf. Borghesi Framm. de' Fasti Cons. i. p. 49, and his Dec. Numism. 4, n. 10) of the Æmilian family, Cic. Lael. 6, 21; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14.

L. Aemilius Paulus, a consul who fell in the battle near Cannœ, Hor. C. 1, 12, 38; Cic. Sen. 20, 75; id. Div. 2, 33, 71.—

The son of no. I., the adoptive father of the younger Scipio and the conqueror of Perseus, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; id. Sen. 6, 15. —

Q. Paulus Fabius Maximus, a consul A. U. C. 743, Front. Aquaed. 100.—

Julius Paulus, a celebrated jurist under Alexander Severus, a colleague of Papinian, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26.—

Paul, Christian name of Saul of Tarsus, the apostle to the Gentiles, author of many epistles to the Churches, Vulg. Act. passim.—

Sergius Paulus, proconsul in Cyprus, Vulg. Act. 13, 7.—Hence,

Paulĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Paulian:

Pauliana victoria,

the victory of L. Æmilius Paulus over Perseus, Val. Max. 8, 11, 1: Pauliana responsa, of the jurist J. Paulus, Dig. praef. ad Antecess. § 5.—

Paulī-nus ( Paull-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Pauline, only as a Roman surname.—Subst.

Paulīnus, i, m.:

C. Suetonius Paulinus,

Tac. A. 14, 29.—

Paulīna, ae, f.:

Lollia Paulina,

wife of the emperor Caligula, Suet. Calig. 25; Tac. A. 12, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.

pervĭgĭlĭum, ii, n. [id.], a watching all night, a remaining awake or sitting up all night long.

In gen., Plin. 11, 53, 118, § 283:

pervigilio fatigati,

Just. 13, 8, 6:

inter cotidiana pervigilia fessus,

Sen. Ira, 3, 29, 1.—

In partic., a devotional watching, a vigil:

castra pervigilio neglecta, Liv 23, 35: celebrare,

Tac. A. 15, 44:

indicere,

Suet. Calig. 54:

pervigilio anniversario colere,

id. Galb. 4:

agere,

id. Vit. 10; Plin. 18, 12, 32, § 124: Pervigilium Veneris, the name of a little Latin poem by an unknown author, of perhaps the second century A. D.

pē̆trōnĭus, a, um, adj. [1. petra], rock-, crag-, mountain- (very rare):

canes,

Grat. Cyneg. 202.

Pē̆trōnĭus, i, m., name of a Roman gens.—So, esp.:

Petronius Arbiter,

a Roman knight, a favorite of the emperor Nero, perh. the same person with Petronius, the author of a Latin romance which is preserved in a fragmentary state, Tac. A. 16, 17 sq. —In fem.: Pē̆trōnĭa, ae, the first wife of the emperor Vitellius, Tac. H. 2, 64; Suet. Vit. 6.—Hence,

Pē̆trōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Petronius, Petronian: Petronia amnis est in Tiberim profluens, quam magistratus auspicato transeunt, cum in campo quid agere voluntquod [p. 1366] genus auspicii peremne vocatur, Fest. p. 250 Müll.:

Petronia lex, respecting slaves: post legem Petroniam et senatusconsulta ad eam legem pertinentia, dominis, potestas ablata est ad bestias depugnandas suo arbitrio servos tradere,

Dig. 48, 8, 11, § 3; ib. 40, 1, 24.—

Pē̆trōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Petronius, Petronian: Petroniana Albucia, Fulg. Myth. praef. 1.

Phaedrus (nom. PHAEDER, Inscr. Grut. 1111, 3), i, m., = Phaidros.

A pupil of Socrates, a native of Myrsinus, in Attica, after whom Plato named one of his dialogues, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; id. Or. 4, 15; 12, 39; id. Fin. 2, 2, 4; id. Tusc. 1, 22, 53 al. —

An Epicurean philosopher of Athens, an instructor of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 2; id. Fin. 1, 5, 16; id. N. D. 1, 33, 93; id. Phil. 5, 5, 13.—

A freedman of Augustus, a Thracian by birth, and author of some well-known Latin fables.

plăgĭārĭus, ii, m. [plagium].

A torturer, oppressor, plunderer (class.):

Licinium plagiarium cum suo pullo milvino tributa exigere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6:

inter avaros, circumscriptores, latrones, plagiarios unum esse cui noceri non possit,

Sen. Tranq. 8, 4.—

Esp., a man-stealer, kidnapper (post-Aug.), Dig. 21, 1, 17; 47, 2, 49; 53; 48, 15, 1; Callistr. Ib. 6; Vulg. 1 Tim. 1, 10.—

Transf., a literary thief, plagiarist (one who pretends to be the author of another's book), Mart. 1, 53, 9.

Plīnĭus, i, m., Pliny, name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated are,

C. Plinius Secundus, also called Major (the Elder), author of an encyclopedical work in 37 books, who lost his life in an eruption of Vesuvius, A. D. 79.—

His nephew, C. Plinius Caecilius, also called Junior (the Younger), author of Letters and a Pane gyric on the emperor Trajan:

facundus,

Mart. 10, 19, 3.—

Plinius Valerianus, a physician in the time of the emperor Constantine. —Hence, Plīnĭānus, a, um, adj., belonging to or named after a Pling, Plinian:

rasa,

Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 103.

Plīnĭus, i, m., Pliny, name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated are,

C. Plinius Secundus, also called Major (the Elder), author of an encyclopedical work in 37 books, who lost his life in an eruption of Vesuvius, A. D. 79.—

His nephew, C. Plinius Caecilius, also called Junior (the Younger), author of Letters and a Pane gyric on the emperor Trajan:

facundus,

Mart. 10, 19, 3.—

Plinius Valerianus, a physician in the time of the emperor Constantine. —Hence, Plīnĭānus, a, um, adj., belonging to or named after a Pling, Plinian:

rasa,

Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 103.

Pompōnĭus, i, m., and Pompōnĭa, ae, f., name of a Roman gens.

L. Pomponius, an Atellane poet of Bononia, Gell. 12, 10, 7.—

T. Pomponius Atticus, a friend of Cicero, whose life is written by Nepos, Cic. Att. 1, 5; Nep. Att. 1 sqq.—

P. Pomponius Secundus, a tragedian, Quint. 8, 3, 31; 10, 1, 98.—

Sex. Pomponius, a lawyer, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 68.—

M. Pomponius Matho, a prœtor, Liv. 22, 7; and augur, id. 29, 38.—

Pomponius Mela, a geographer of the first century, author of a treatise De Situ Orbis.—In fem.: Pompō-nĭa.

Daughter of T. Pomponius Atticus, and wife of Q. Cicero, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3; id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2.—

The mother of Scipio Africanus, Sil. 13, 615.—Hence, Pompō-nĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Pomponius, Pomponian:

nomina,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1:

pira,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54:

versus,

of the Atellane poet L. Pomponius, Gell. 10, 24, 5.

Pompōnĭus, i, m., and Pompōnĭa, ae, f., name of a Roman gens.

L. Pomponius, an Atellane poet of Bononia, Gell. 12, 10, 7.—

T. Pomponius Atticus, a friend of Cicero, whose life is written by Nepos, Cic. Att. 1, 5; Nep. Att. 1 sqq.—

P. Pomponius Secundus, a tragedian, Quint. 8, 3, 31; 10, 1, 98.—

Sex. Pomponius, a lawyer, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 68.—

M. Pomponius Matho, a prœtor, Liv. 22, 7; and augur, id. 29, 38.—

Pomponius Mela, a geographer of the first century, author of a treatise De Situ Orbis.—In fem.: Pompō-nĭa.

Daughter of T. Pomponius Atticus, and wife of Q. Cicero, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3; id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2.—

The mother of Scipio Africanus, Sil. 13, 615.—Hence, Pompō-nĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Pomponius, Pomponian:

nomina,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1:

pira,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54:

versus,

of the Atellane poet L. Pomponius, Gell. 10, 24, 5.

Pompōnĭus, i, m., and Pompōnĭa, ae, f., name of a Roman gens.

L. Pomponius, an Atellane poet of Bononia, Gell. 12, 10, 7.—

T. Pomponius Atticus, a friend of Cicero, whose life is written by Nepos, Cic. Att. 1, 5; Nep. Att. 1 sqq.—

P. Pomponius Secundus, a tragedian, Quint. 8, 3, 31; 10, 1, 98.—

Sex. Pomponius, a lawyer, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 68.—

M. Pomponius Matho, a prœtor, Liv. 22, 7; and augur, id. 29, 38.—

Pomponius Mela, a geographer of the first century, author of a treatise De Situ Orbis.—In fem.: Pompō-nĭa.

Daughter of T. Pomponius Atticus, and wife of Q. Cicero, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3; id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2.—

The mother of Scipio Africanus, Sil. 13, 615.—Hence, Pompō-nĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Pomponius, Pomponian:

nomina,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1:

pira,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54:

versus,

of the Atellane poet L. Pomponius, Gell. 10, 24, 5.

prae-lēgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bequeath beforehand, i. e. to bequeath a thing to be given before the inheritance is divided (post-Aug.):

eam coronam testamento ei praelegavit,

Plin. 33, 2, 11, § 38: peculia [p. 1422] filiis, Dig. 33, 8, 26:

fundum,

ib. 31, 1, 69:

uxori dotem,

Paul. Sent. 4, 1, 1.

prae-lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a.

To read any thing to others, as a teacher, to show how it should be read, to set an example in reading, to lecture upon an author (post-Aug.):

auctores,

Quint. 1, 5, 11:

Vergilium et alios poëtas,

Suet. Gram. 16.—

To pick or choose out, to select (post-class.):

praelectus hircus,

App. M. 7, p. 192, 29.—

To sail by or along a place (post-Aug. for praetervehor); with acc.:

Campaniam,

Tac. A. 6, 1; 2, 79 init.: Alsia praelegitur tellus, is sailed by, Rut. Itin. 1, 223.