Pescennius

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Τὸ γὰρ θανεῖν οὐκ αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' αἰσχρῶς θανεῖν → Mors ipsa non est foeda, sed foede mori → Das Sterben bringt nicht Schmach, doch sterben in der Schmach

Menander, Monostichoi, 504

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.