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τούτων γάρ ἑκάτερον κοινῷ ὀνόματι προσαγορεύεται ζῷον, καί ὁ λόγος δέ τῆς οὐσίας ὁ αὐτός → and these are univocally so named, inasmuch as not only the name, but also the definition, is the same in both cases (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a8-10)
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Pē̆tra: ae, f., = Πέτρα,
I the name of several cities.
I A city in Arabia Petrœa, now the ruins of Wadi Musa, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; Vulg. Jer. 48, 28.—Hence,
B Pē̆traeus, a, um, adj., Petrean: balanus, Plin. 12, 21, 46, § 102: hypericon, id. 12, 25, 54, § 119.—
II A city in Pieria, Liv. 29, 26.—
III A city in Thrace, Liv. 40, 22. —
A city in Umbria, called Petra Pertusa, now Il Furlo, Aur. Vict. Epist. in Vespas. 17.—
A hill near Dyrrachium, Caes. B. C. 3, 42.
Petra: ae, m.,
I a Roman proper name, Tac. A. 11, 4.
