Petra
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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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) Pĕtra,¹⁴ æ, f. (Πέτρα), nom de plusieurs villes bâties sur des rochers || métropole de l’Arabie Pétrée : Plin. 6, 144 || ville de la Piérie : Liv. 39, 26 || v. de Médie : Liv. 40, 22, 12 || colline près de Dyrrachium : Cæs. C. 3, 42 || -trēnsēs, ĭum, m., habitants de Pétra : Sol. 5, 22.
(3) Pĕtra, æ, m., surnom romain : Tac. Ann. 11, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
(2) Petra2, ae, f. (Πέτρα), I) eine Stadt im peträischen Arabien, j. Ruinen von Wady Musa, Plin. 6, 144 sqq. – Dav. Petraeus, a, um (Πετραιος), peträisch, Plin.: Arabia Petraea, Plin. – II) eine Stadt in Sizilien, j. Casal della Pietra (Ptolem. 3, 4), b. Sil. 14, 248 Patraea gen.; deren Einw. A) Petrīni, ōrum, m, die Petriner, Cic. u. Plin. – B) Petrēnsēs, ium, m., die Petrenser, Solin. 5, 22.
