Pescennius

ὣς ὁ μὲν ἔνθ' ἀπόλωλεν, ἐπεὶ πίεν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ → so there he perished, when he had drunk the salt water

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Pescennĭus: i, m.,
I name of a Roman gens.
I A friend of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6.—Esp.,
II Pescennius Niger, a Roman emperor; hence, Pescenniānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the emperor Pescennius: reliquiae, Spart. Sev. 15, 4: domus, id. Pesc. Nig. 12, 4.

Pescennĭus, ĭī, m.,
1 un ami de Cicéron : Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6
2 Pescennius Niger [empereur romain tué par Septime Sévère, son compétiteur]