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Pella, ae, and Pellē, ēs, f., = Πέλλα,

  1. I. a city of remote antiquity in Macedonia, the birthplace of Alexander the Great, now Alaklisi, or Apostolus, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 34; Liv. 44, 46; 36, 7; 42, 51; Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2.
    Hence,
  2. II. Pellaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pella, Pellœan.
    1. A. Lit.: unus Pellaeo juveni non sufficit orbis, i.e. for Alexander, Juv. 10, 168; also: ductor, Luc. 3, 233: tyrannus, Mart. 9, 44, 7: Pellaeus Eoum qui domuit Porum, Claud. II. Cons. Honor. 373: Pellaeo ponte Niphaten adstrinxit, Sil. 13, 765: Pellaei proles vesana Philippi, Luc. 10, 20.
    2. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Macedonian: gladius, Luc. 9, 1073: sarissae, id. 8, 298: aula, Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 32.
      2. 2. Alexandrian (because Alexander founded Alexandria, in Egypt): Pellaeae arces, Luc. 9, 153: muri, id. 10, 511: gula (because the Alexandrians were famous gourmands), Mart. 13, 85.
      3. 3. In a gen. sense, Egyptian: Pellaei gens fortunata Canopi, Verg. G. 4, 287: puer, i.e. Ptolemy, Luc. 8, 607; also: rex, id. 9, 1016; cf. diadema, id. 5, 60: sceptra, Sil. 11, 383: domus, the palace of the Ptolemies, Luc. 8, 475.

pellācĭa, ae, f. [pellax], an allurement, enticement, blandishment.

  1. I. In gen. (poet. and very rare; in Verg. G. 4, 443, fallacia is the correct read.; v. Wagner ad loc.): placidi pellacia ponti, Lucr. 5, 1004.
  2. II. In partic., seduction (post-class.): Jovialis monumentum pellaciae, Arn. 5, 171; 4, 147.

Pellaeus, a, um, v. Pella, II.

Pellārĭus, ĭi, m. [pellis], one that prepares skins, a furrier (post-class.; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 55 Müll.), Firm. Math. 4, 7; cf.: pellarius, πελλοράφος, Gloss. Philox.

pellax, ācis, adj. [pellicio], = ποικιλομήτης, seductive, deceitful (poet. and postclass.; cf.: fallax, falsus): invidia pellacis Ulixi, * Verg. A. 2, 90: Juppiter, Arn. 5, 188.

pilates or pellates, only in nom. [cf. πελλός, pallidus], a kind of stone: lapidis genus, cujus meminit Cato originum l. V.: lapis candidior quam pilates, Fest. p. 237 Müll.