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Pessĭnūs and Pesĭnūs , untis, f. (
I.acc. masc. Pessinuntem, Cic. Har. Resp. 13, 28), = Πεσσινοῦς and Πεσινοῦς, a very ancient town in Galatia, on the borders of Phrygia Major, celebrated for its worship of Cybele; the modern Bala Hissar, Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 2: “si mater Idaea a Pessinunte Romam advecta foret,” Liv. 29, 10 (in Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146, the true read. is Pisinuus). —Hence,
A. Pessĭnuntĭcus , a, um, adj., Pessinuntic; as subst.: Pessĭnun-tĭca , ae, f., Cybele, App. M. 11, p. 259, 7.—
B. Pessĭnuntĭus , a, um, adj., Pessinuntian: “sacerdos magnae Matris,” Cic. Sest. 26, 56: “aselli,” Gell. 7, 16, 5.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 2.12.2
    • Cicero, On the Responses of the Haruspices, 13.28
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 26.56
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 29, 10
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 7.16.5
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