pessum a pessary pessumdo pessus pestĭbĭlis adj. pestilential; destructive pestĭfer adj. Bringing pestilence; pestilential; that brings destruction; destructive; baleful pestĭlens adj. pestilential; infected; unhealthy; unwholesome; pestilent pestĭlentĭa an infectious; contagious disease; a plague; pest; pestilence pestĭlentĭārĭus adj. pestilential pestĭlentĭōsus adj. pestilential; unhealthy pestĭlentus adj. pestilential; unhealthy pestĭlis adj. pestilential; un wholesome pestĭlĭtas plague; pest; pestilence pestĭmus adj. plaguebringing; pestilential pestis a deadly; an infectious; contagious disease; a plague; pest Pĕta the goddess of praying; entreaty; a metal plate pĕtămĭnārĭus a tumbler; rope-dancer pĕtăsātus adj. with a travelling-cap on; ready for a journey pĕtăsĭo a leg; pestle of pork pĕtăsuncŭlus a little leg; pestle of pork pĕtăsuncŭlus a small travelling-cap pĕtăsus a travelling hat; cap; a cap; cupola pĕtaurista a tumbler; vaulter; rope-dancer pĕtauristārĭus a tumbler; rope-dancer pĕtaurum a stage; spring-board pĕtax adj. catching at; striving after; greedy for; more greedily Pĕtēlĭa A very ancient town in the Bruttian territory; north of Croton; colonized by Lu… Pĕtēlīnus Pĕtĕōn a town in Bœotia pĕtesso v. intens. a. to strive after; seek for repeatedly; eagerly; to pursue; pĕtībĭlis adj. capable of being demanded pĕtīgĭnōsus adj. full of scabs; eruptions; scabby pĕtīgo a scab; an eruption Pĕtīlĭa Pĕtīlĭānus pĕtīlĭum an autumnal flower Pĕtīlĭus name of a Roman; belonging to a Petilius; Petilian; the villa of a certain Peti… pĕtīlus adj. thin; slender pĕtĭmen a sore on the shoulder Petīna Ælia; a wife of the emperor Claudius; whom he divorced before marrying Messalina pĕtĭŏlus a little foot; little leg; a stem; stalk Petisĭus adj. Petisian pĕtisso pĕtītĭo attack; a blow; thrust; an attack; a requesting pĕtītĭuncŭla a little petition pĕtītor a seeker; striver; an applicant; candidate; a claimant pĕtītōrĭus adj. belonging to solicitation; belonging to the prosecution of a judicial claim; pe… pĕtītrix A female applicant; candidate; a female claimant; plaintiff pĕtītum pĕtītŭrio to desire to sue for office; to long to become a candidate pĕtītus pĕtītus An inclining towards; A desire; request pĕto v. a. To fall upon; to rush at; attack; assault; assail; to let fly at pĕtōrĭtum an open; four - wheeled carriage Pĕtŏsīris a celebrated Egyptian mathematician and astrologer; a great mathematician; astr… Petovĭo a city in Pannonia; Pettau pē^tra a rock; a crag; stone Pē^tra the name of several cities; A city in Arabia Petrœa; Wadi Musa; Petrean; A city… Petra a Roman proper name petrăbŭlum a stone-thrower; catapult petraeus adj. that grows among rocks; rock- Pĕtraeus petrālis adj. stony Petrēĭus name of a Roman; a lieutenant of Pompey in the civil war; M. Petrejus; lieutena… Petrenses the inhabitants of the city of Petra; in Sicily petrensis adj. found among rocks; stones Petrĕus adj. Petrean; of rock; stone; pertaining to the Apostle Peter Petrīni the inhabitants of the city of Petra; in Sicily; the Petreans Petrīnum a villa near Sinuessa; in Campania petrĭnus adj. of stone; stone- petrītes a kind of wine pē^tro A rustic; An old wether Petro a Roman surname Petrŏcŏrĭi a Gallic tribe in Aquitania; Périgueux Pē^trōnĭa Pē^trōnĭānus adj. pē^trōnĭus adj. rock-; crag-; mountain- Pē^trōnĭus name of a Roman; the first wife of the emperor Vitellius; belonging to a Petron… petrŏsĕlīnon rock-parsley petrōsus adj. full of rocks; rocky; Subst; rocky places pē^trōtos adj. stony; petrified Pettălus the mythic name of a hero who sought to attack Perseus at the court of Cepheus pĕtŭlans adj. forward; pert; saucy; impudent; wanton pĕtŭlantĭa sauciness; freakishness; impudence; wantonness; petulance pĕtulcus adj. butting; apt to butt; frisky; wanton peucē The pinetree; pitch-pine-tree; A kind of grape Peucē The name of an island in the Danube; the wife of the Ister peucĕdănum the plant hog's-fennel; sulphurwort Peucĕtĭa a region in Apulia; Peucetian peumĕnē a kind of spume; scum of silver pexātus adj. clothed in a garment that has a nap on it pexĭtas thickness; closeness Pexsus P. a. a Roman cognomen pexus P. a. pezĭcae mushrooms without a root; without a stalk Phăcĕlīnus Phacus a fortified place near Pella in Macedonia; where the treasury of the Macedonian… Phaeāces the Phœacians; the fabled luxurious inhabitants of the isle of Scheria; a Phœac… phaecăsĭa phaecăsĭāni dii a sort of deities phaecăsĭātus adj. shod with