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|Text=[[Πέλλα]], ἡ.

[[of Pella]], adj.: [[Πελλαῖος]].
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Pella</b>: ae, and Pellē, ēs, f., = Πέλλα,<br /><b>I</b> a [[city]] of [[remote]] [[antiquity]] in [[Macedonia]], the birthplace of [[Alexander the Great]], [[now]] Alaklisi, or Apostolus, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 34; Liv. 44, 46; 36, 7; 42, 51; Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2.— Hence,<br /><b>II</b> [[Pellaeus]], a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Pella]], Pellœan.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[unus]] Pellaeo juveni non sufficit [[orbis]], i.e. for [[Alexander]], Juv. 10, 168; also: [[ductor]], Luc. 3, 233: [[tyrannus]], Mart. 9, 44, 7: [[Pellaeus]] Eoum qui domuit Porum, Claud. II. Cons. Honor. 373: Pellaeo ponte Niphaten adstrinxit, Sil. 13, 765: Pellaei [[proles]] vesana [[Philippi]], Luc. 10, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Macedonian: [[gladius]], Luc. 9, 1073: sarissae, id. 8, 298: [[aula]], Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 32. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alexandrian ([[because]] [[Alexander]] founded [[Alexandria]], in [[Egypt]]): Pellaeae arces, Luc. 9, 153: muri, id. 10, 511: [[gula]] ([[because]] the Alexandrians were [[famous]] gourmands), Mart. 13, 85.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a gen. [[sense]], Egyptian: Pellaei [[gens]] fortunata Canopi, Verg. G. 4, 287: [[puer]], i.e. [[Ptolemy]], Luc. 8, 607; also: rex, id. 9, 1016; cf. [[diadema]], id. 5, 60: sceptra, Sil. 11, 383: [[domus]], the [[palace]] of the Ptolemies, Luc. 8, 475.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Pella</b>, æ, f., ville maritime de Macédoine, [[patrie]] de Philippe et d’Alexandre : Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2 ; Liv. 44, 46 &#124;&#124; <b>Pellē</b>, ēs, Plin. 4, 34.||<b>Pellē</b>, ēs, Plin. 4, 34.
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{{Georges
|georg=Pella, ae, f. u. Pellē, ēs, f. (Πέλλα), [[Stadt]] in Mazedonien, Geburtsort und [[Residenz]] Alexanders [[des]] Gr., j. Ruinen Palatitza [[bei]] Alaklifi (Alla Kilissah), Liv. 37, 7, 11; 42, 41, 12. Cic. ad Att. 3, 8, 2. – Dav. [[Pellaeus]], a, um, pelläisch, poet. a) = mazedonisch, [[iuvenis]], Iuven., od. [[tyrannus]], Mart., v. [[Alexander]]. – b) ([[weil]] [[Alexander]] Ägypten eroberte und Alexandria erbaute) = alexandrinisch, [[gula]], der Alexandriner, Mart. – u. = ägyptisch, Verg.
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