I.name of a Roman gens.
I. A friend of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6.—Esp.,
II. Pescennius Niger, a Roman emperor; hence, Pescenniānus , a, um, adj., pertaining to the emperor Pescennius: “reliquiae,” Spart. Sev. 15, 4: “domus,” id. Pesc. Nig. 12, 4.