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Pĕpărēthus or -os, i, f., = Πεπάρηθος,

  1. I. Peparethus (now Piperi), a small island in the Ægean Sea, one of the Cyclades, famous for wine and oil, with a town of the same name, now Scopelo: ferax Peparethos olivae, Ov. M. 7, 470; cf. Liv. 28, 5, 10; 31, 28, 6.
    Hence,
  2. II. Pĕpărēthĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Peparethos, Peparethian: vinum, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 76.

peplis, ĭdis, f., = πεπλίς, the name of two plants, one of which was also called porcilaca, Plin. 20, 20, 81, § 210; and the other syce, meconion, or mecon aphrodes, id. 27, 12, 93, § 119.

peplĭum, ii, n., = πέπλιον, a medicinal plant, a species of spurge, prob. the Euphorbia esula, Linn.; Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 19, 115; id. Tard. 4, 6, 89.

pē̆plum, i, n., and pē̆plus, i, m., = πέπλον and πέπλος,

  1. I. the robe of state of Minerva at Athens, with which her statue was solemnly invested every five years at the Panathenaea, Plaut. Merc. prol. 67; id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 480; Verg. Cir. 21 sq.; Stat. Th. 10, 56.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A splendid upper garment, a robe of state, either of gods or men (post-class.), Claud. Nupt. Honor. 123: imperatorium, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 23.
    2. B. Still more gen., any broad upper garment, Manil. 5, 387.
    3. C. A disease of the eye (by which the eye is covered or veiled, as it were), Ser. Samm. 13, 220 (al. plumbum).

pĕpo, ŏnis, m., = πέπων, ονος, a species of large melon, a pumpkin, Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 65; 20, 2, 6, § 11; Tert. Anim. 32; id. adv. Marc. 4, 40; Vulg. Num. 11, 5.

peptĭcus, a, um, adj., = πεπτικός, that promotes digestion, peptic (post-Aug.): medicinae, Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 201.

pĕpuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [pepo], a small pumpkin, Not. Tir. p. 168.

Pĕpuzītae, ārum, m., a sort of heretics (also called Montanistae), so named after the Phrygian town of Pepuza, Cod. Just. 1, 5, 5.