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Persae , ārum, m., = Πέρσαι,
I.the Persians, originally the inhabitants of the country of Persis, afterwards of the great kingdom of Persia, Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 72; Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15; id. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. Brut. 10, 41; id. Off. 3, 11, 48 et saep.—In sing. in the Gr. form: Perses , ae, m. (ante- and post-class. Persa ), Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 101; id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; Quint. 3, 7, 21; Nep. Reg. 1, 4; Curt. 6, 2, 11; Vulg. Dan. 13, 65.—Form Persa, Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 4; Amm. 23, 6, 79; Veg. Mil. 3 epil.; Ven. Fort. Carm. 5, 6, 208. —Also, the name of a comedy by Plautus, the Persian.—
B. Transf.
1. Persia: in Persas est profectus, to the Persians, i. e. to Persia, Nep. Pelop. 4 fin.—
2. Poet., the Parthians, Hor. C. 1, 2, 22; 3, 5, 4.—Hence,
C. Persis , ĭdis, f., the country of Persis, between Caramania, Media, and Susiana, now Fars or Farsistan, Mel. 1, 2, 4; 3, 8, 5; Curt. 5, 4, 4 sqq.; Verg. G. 4, 290; Nep. Them. 10, 1; Ov. A. A. 1, 225; Luc. 2, 258. —In the Lat. form: Persĭa , ae, f., Persia, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 28.—
2. Adj., Persian (poet.): “rates,” Ov. A. A. 1, 172.—Subst., a Persian woman, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 51.—
D. Persĭcus , a, um, adj., Persian, Persic: “mare,” Mel. 1, 2, 1; Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 41; 6, 26, 29, § 114: “sinus,” id. 6, 26, 29, § 115: “regna,” Juv. 14, 328: “portus,” in the Eubœan Sea, where the Persian fleet was stationed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 248 and 256; cf. Fest. p. 217 Müll.: “Persica malus,” a peach-tree, Macr. S. 2, 15; “also called Persica arbor,” Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 60: Persici apparatus, poet. for splendid, luxurious, Hor. C. 1, 38, 1.—Absol.: Per-sĭcus , i, f., a peach-tree, Col. 5, 10, 20; 9, 4, 3; Pall. 1, 3.—Hence, subst.
1. Persĭ-cum , i, n., a peach, Plin. 15, 11, 12, § 42; Mart. 13, 46.—
2. Persĭcē , ēs, f. (Gr Περσική): porticus, lit. a portico in Lacedœmon, built out of spoils taken from the Persians; hence, a gallery in Brutus's country-seat, named after it, Cic. Att. 15, 9, 1.—
3. Per-sĭca , ōrum, n., Persian history: “ex Dionis Persicis,” Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46.—Adv.: Persĭcē , in Persian: “loqui,” Quint. 11, 2, 50.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 15.9.1
    • Plautus, Curculio, 3.1
    • Plautus, Persa, 4.5
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.290
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.1
    • Plautus, Persa, 4.3
    • Lucan, Civil War, 2.258
    • Cornelius Nepos, Pelopidas, 4
    • Cornelius Nepos, Kings, 1.4
    • Cornelius Nepos, Themistocles, 10.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 15.42
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 6.41
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.27
    • Cicero, De Republica, 3.9
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.23
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.42
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.45
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.11
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 7.21
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 2.50
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 5.10.20
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.4.3
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 13.46
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 5.4.4
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.2.11
    • Cicero, Brutus, 10.41
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