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paelex (pēlex, and, only in inscriptions, pellex), icis, f. [akin to Sanscr. pallavaka, girl; Gr. παλλακίς, concubine], a kept mistress, concubine of a married man.

  1. I. Lit.: antiqui proprie eam pelicem nominabant, quae uxorem habenti nubebat. Cui generi mulierum etiam poena constituta est a Numā Pompilio hāc lege: paelex aram Junonis ne tangito, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 222 Müll.; cf. Gell. 4, 3, 3: libro Memorialium Masurius scribit: pelicem apud antiquos eam habitam, quae, cum uxor non esset, cum aliquo tamen vivebat eamque nunc vero nomine amicam, paulo honestiore concubinam appellari, Dig. 50, 16, 144; Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 39; id. Merc. 4, 1, 24 et saep.
    With gen. of the wronged wife: filiae paelex, Cic. Clu. 70, 199; id. Or. 30, 108: tune eris et matris paelex et adultera patris? Ov. M. 10, 347: illa Jovis magni paelex, metuenda sorori, id. H. 14, 95: fugit (Medea) ulta paelicem, Magni Creontis filiam, Hor. Epod. 5, 63: horrida, Juv. 2, 57.
    Poet., of the cows, as rivals of Pasiphaë, who had become enamoured of a bull, Ov. A. A. 1, 321.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A kept mistress, concubine, in gen. (post-class.): virginem constupratam servo suo paelicem dederat, Curt. 10, 1, 5: Artaxerxi regi Persarum ex paelicibus centum et quindecim filii fuere, Just. 10, 1, 1; cf.: Granius Flaccus scribit, pelicem quosdam vocare eam, quae uxoris loco sine nuptiis in domo sit. Dig. 50, 16, 144.
    2. B. A male prostitute (postclass.), Paul. ex Fest. p. 222 Müll.: Dolabella eum (Caesarem) pelicem reginae (appellavit), as the favorite of King Nicomedes, Suet. Caes. 49; in apposition, pelices ministri, Mart. 12, 97, 3.
    3. * C. Comically, a substitute: quoties pelex culcita facta mea est (sc. matellae), Mart. 14, 119, 2.

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.

* pellĕātus, a, um, adj. [pellis], clothed in a skin or skins, Paul. Nol. Carm. 17, 243 dub. (al. pileatus).

pellĕcĕbrae, v. perlecebrae.

* pellectĭo, ōnis, f. [pellego], a reading through, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1 (al. per lectionem).

pellectus, a, um, Part., from pellicio.

pellĕgo, ĕre, v. perlego.

Pellendŏnes, Pĕlendŏnes, or Pĕ-londŏnes, um, m., a Celtiberian people, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 26; 4, 20, 34, § 112; Inscr. Grut. 111, 5.

Pellēnē, ēs, f., = Πελλήνη, a city of Achaia, on the Gulf of Corinth, between Sicyon and Ægira, Liv. 33, 15.
Hence,

  1. A. Pellēnaeus, a, um, adj., Pellenian; subst.: Pellēnaei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Pellene, Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 12.
  2. B. Pellēnensis, e, adj., Pellenian: ager, Liv. 33, 14: Timocrates, of Pellene, id. 34, 29.

‡ pellĕsŭīna, ae, f. [pellis-suo], a shop in which skins or hides were dressed and sold, a furrier’s shop, a leather-dresser’s shop, a leather-shop, Varr. L. L. 8, § 55 Müll.: pellesuma (leg. pellesuina), βυρσεῖον (a tannery), Gloss. Philox.

pellex, ĭcis, f., v. paelex.

perlĕcē̆bra (pellĕcē̆bra), ae, f. [pellicio], an enticement, allurement (Plautin.): probri perlecebrae, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 47 (ap. Ritschl as one word, probriperlecebrae): pellecebrae, id. As. 1, 2, 7.

per-lĕgo (pellĕgo, Cic. Att. 13, 44, 2; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 108 al.; cf. Prisc. p. 571 P.), lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a.

  1. I. In gen., to view all over, to examine thoroughly, scan, survey (only poet.): omnia oculis, Verg. A. 6, 33: aliquid vultu, Ov. H. 16, 11: perlege dispositas generosa per atria ceras, id. F. 1, 591; Stat. Th. 3, 499.
  2. II. In partic., to read through, read to the end (class.): has (tabellas), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 64: tertium (librum) de naturā deorum, Cic. Div. 1, 5, 8: quando autem pelleget? id. Att. 13, 44, 2: litteras, Caes. B. C. 1, 19: (libros) praesta bis ne perlegant, Plin. H. N. 1 praef. § 33: leges, Juv. 14, 192: reliquum deincipe die perlecturus, App. Flor. n. 16.
    Absol.: sine perlegam, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 104.
    1. B. Transf., to read any thing through, read aloud: leges perlege, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 2: senatum, to read over the names of all the senators, Liv. 38, 28: historiam, Suet. Claud. 41.