Petronius

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Pē̆trōnĭus: i, m.,
I name of a Roman gens.—So, esp.: Petronius Arbiter, a Roman knight, a favorite of the emperor Nero, perh. the same person with Petronius, the author of a Latin romance which is preserved in a fragmentary state, Tac. A. 16, 17 sq.—In fem.: Pē̆trōnĭa, ae, the first wife of the emperor Vitellius, Tac. H. 2, 64; Suet. Vit. 6.—Hence,
   A Pē̆trōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Petronius, Petronian: Petronia amnis est in Tiberim profluens, quam magistratus auspicato transeunt, cum in campo quid agere voluntquod genus auspicii peremne vocatur, Fest. p. 250 Müll.: Petronia lex, respecting slaves: post legem Petroniam et senatusconsulta ad eam legem pertinentia, dominis, potestas ablata est ad bestias depugnandas suo arbitrio servos tradere, Dig. 48, 8, 11, § 3; ib. 40, 1, 24.—
   B Pē̆trōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Petronius, Petronian: Petroniana Albucia, Fulg. Myth. praef. 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) Pĕtrōnĭus, ĭī, m., nom de famille ; not^t Pétrone, Petronius Arbiter [poète latin favori de Néron ; soupçonné d’avoir pris part au complot de Pison, fut arrêté et forcé de s’ouvrir les veines] Tac. Ann. 16, 17 || -nĭānus, a, um, de Pétrone : Fulg. Myth. præf. 1.