Lewis & Short

2. Pē̆tra, ae, f., = Πέτρα, the name of several cities.

  1. I. A city in Arabia Petrœa, now the ruins of Wadi Musa, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; Vulg. Jer. 48, 28.
    Hence,
    1. B. Pē̆traeus, a, um, adj., Petrean: balanus, Plin. 12, 21, 46, § 102: hypericon, id. 12, 25, 54, § 119.
  2. II. A city in Pieria, Liv. 29, 26.
  3. III. A city in Thrace, Liv. 40, 22.
  4. IV. A city in Umbria, called Petra Pertusa, now Il Furlo, Aur. Vict. Epist. in Vespas. 17.
  5. V. A hill near Dyrrachium, Caes. B. C. 3, 42.