Petra

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(2) Pĕtra,¹⁴ æ, f. (Πέτρα), nom de plusieurs villes bâties sur des rochers