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|lshtext=<b>Pē&#774;trōnĭus</b>: i, m.,<br /><b>I</b> [[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.: Pē&#774;trōnĭa, ae, the [[first]] [[wife]] of the [[emperor]] [[Vitellius]], Tac. H. 2, 64; Suet. Vit. 6.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Pē&#774;trōnĭus, 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Pē&#774;trōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a [[Petronius]], Petronian: Petroniana Albucia, Fulg. Myth. praef. 1.