#pertaesus# [orig. part. of #pertaedet#, _it wearies, disgusts_], adj., _disgusted with, sick of_.

#pertināciter# [#pertināx#, _persistent_], adv., _persistently, stubbornly_.

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#perturbō, āre, āvī, ātus# [#per# + #turbō#, _to disturb_], _to confuse, disturb, upset_.

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#pēs, pedis#, m., _the foot_; _a foot_ (in measurements).

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#pēstifer, fera, ferum# [#pēstis# + #ferō#], adj., _baneful, destructive_.

#pēstilēns, entis# [#pēstis#], adj., _baneful_.

#pēstilentia, ae# [#pēstilēns#], f., _pest, plague, disease_.

#pēstis, is#, f., _plague, pest_; _curse, bane_.

#petītiō, ōnis# [#petō#], f., _candidacy_.

#petō, ere, īvī (iī), ītus#, _to strive for, seek_; _beg, ask, request_; _assail, attack_; intrans., _to be a candidate_.

#ex--expetō, ere, īvī, ītus#, _to seek, desire, crave_.

#re--repetō, ere, īvī, ītus#, _to seek again, try to get back, demand back_.

#phalerae, ārum#, pl. f., _a metal breastplate_ (esp. for horses), _trappings_.

#Pharnacēs, is#, m., _a son of Mithridates_.

#Pharsālicus#, adj., _of_ or _at Pharsalus_.

#Pharsālus, ī#, f., a city in Thessaly, near which Caesar defeated Pompey, 48 B.C.

#Philippī, ōrum#, pl. m., a city in Macedonia, near which Brutus and Cassius were defeated by Octavianus and Antony, B.C. 42.

#pietās, ātis# [#pius#, _dutiful_], f., _conscientiousness, dutiful conduct, devotion, piety_; _filial affection, loyalty_.

#piget, ēre, uit# and #itum est#, impers., _it pains, grieves, disgusts_.

#pīgnus, oris#, n., _pledge, security_; _assurance, proof_.

#pilleus, ī#, m., _a_ (close-fitting) _cap_.

#pīrāta, ae#, m., _a sea-robber, pirate_.

#pīrāticus# [#pīrāta#], adj., _of_ or _with_ (against) _the pirates_.

#piscīna, ae# [#piscis#], f., _a fish-pond_.

#Pīsō, ōnis#, m., a cognomen in the Calpurnian gens.

1. _Cn._ (_Calpurnius_) _Pīsō_, mentioned in XIII, 64, as a type of excessive rigor and severity.

2. _L. Calpurnius Pīsō Frūgī_, consul 133 B.C.; opponent of C. Gracchus in 121; author of a historical work called _Annālēs_.

#Placentia, ae#, f., a city in Cisalpine Gaul, on the Po.

#placeō, ēre, uī, --#, _to please, be agreeable to_; _seem best to_; impers., #placet, uit# or #placitum est#, with dat., _to be resolved by_.

#dis--displiceō, ēre, uī, --#, _to displease_.

#placidē# [#placidus#, _calm_], adv., _calmly, quietly_.