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Păsargădae, Persagădae, ārum, f., or Parsagăda, ōrum, n., = Πασαργάδαι, a citadei in Persis, inhabited by the Magi, and containing the tomb of Cyrus, now the ruins of Darabgerd. Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99; 6, 26, 29, § 116 (al. Frasargida); Curt. 5, 6, 10.

1. Persa, ae, m., v. Persae.

2. Persa, ae, f., = Πέρση, daughter of Oceanus, mother of Circe, Perses (the father of Hecate), Æetes, and Pasiphăe, by the Sungod, Hyg. Fab. praef. fin.; also called Perseis, Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48.
Hence,

  1. A. Per-sēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Persa, Persean: Perseia Hecate, Val. Fl. 6, 495: proles, i. e. Æetes, id. 5, 582.
  2. B. Persēĭs, ĭdis, f., the female descendant of Persa, Hecate, Stat. Th. 4, 481.
    Adj.: Perseides herbae, i. e. magic herbs, Ov. R. Am. 263.
    Perseis (sc. Musa), the title of a Latin poem, Ov. P. 4, 16, 25.

3. Persa, ae, f., the name of a little dog, Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103.

Persae, ārum, m., = Πέρσαι, the Persians, originally the inhabitants of the country of Persis, afterwards of the great kingdom of Persia, Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 72; Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15; id. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. Brut. 10, 41; id. Off. 3, 11, 48 et saep.
In sing. in the Gr. form: Perses, ae, m. (ante- and post-class. Persa), Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 101; id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; Quint. 3, 7, 21; Nep. Reg. 1, 4; Curt. 6, 2, 11; Vulg. Dan. 13, 65.
Form Persa, Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 4; Amm. 23, 6, 79; Veg. Mil. 3 epil.; Ven. Fort. Carm. 5, 6, 208.
Also, the name of a comedy by Plautus, the Persian.

  1. B. Transf.
    1. 1. Persia: in Persas est profectus, to the Persians, i. e. to Persia, Nep. Pelop. 4 fin.
    2. 2. Poet., the Parthians, Hor. C. 1, 2, 22; 3, 5, 4.
      Hence,
  2. C. Persis, ĭdis, f., the country of Persis, between Caramania, Media, and Susiana, now Fars or Farsistan, Mel. 1, 2, 4; 3, 8, 5; Curt. 5, 4, 4 sqq.; Verg. G. 4, 290; Nep. Them. 10, 1; Ov. A. A. 1, 225; Luc. 2, 258.
    In the Lat. form: Persĭa, ae, f., Persia, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 28.
    1. 2. Adj., Persian (poet.): rates, Ov. A. A. 1, 172.
      Subst., a Persian woman, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 51.
  3. D. Persĭcus, a, um, adj., Persian, Persic: mare, Mel. 1, 2, 1; Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 41; 6, 26, 29, § 114: sinus, id. 6, 26, 29, § 115: regna, Juv. 14, 328: portus, in the Eubœan Sea, where the Persian fleet was stationed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 248 and 256; cf. Fest. p. 217 Müll.: Persica malus, a peach-tree, Macr. S. 2, 15; also called Persica arbor, Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 60: Persici apparatus, poet. for splendid, luxurious, Hor. C. 1, 38, 1.
    Absol.: Per-sĭcus, i, f., a peach-tree, Col. 5, 10, 20; 9, 4, 3; Pall. 1, 3.
    Hence, subst.
    1. 1. Persĭ-cum, i, n., a peach, Plin. 15, 11, 12, § 42; Mart. 13, 46.
    2. 2. Persĭcē, ēs, f. (Gr Περσική): porticus, lit. a portico in Lacedœmon, built out of spoils taken from the Persians; hence, a gallery in Brutus’s country-seat, named after it, Cic. Att. 15, 9, 1.
    3. 3. Per-sĭca, ōrum, n., Persian history: ex Dionis Persicis, Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46.
      Adv.: Persĭcē, in Persian: loqui, Quint. 11, 2, 50.

per-saepe, adv., very often, very frequently: quod persaepe fit, Cic. Lael. 20, 75: frons, oculi, voltus persaepe mentiuntur, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15: persaepe velut qui Junonis sacra ferret, Hor. S. 1, 3, 10; id. A. P. 349.
In tmesi: per pol saepe peccas, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 18.

Persaepŏlis, v. Persepolis.

per-saevĭo, īre, 4, v. n., to be furious: fluctibus hanc propter persaevit Caspius aestus, Prisc. Perieg. 683.

per-saevus, a, um, adj., very furious: flumina, Mel. 2, 5, 8.

Persagădae, v. Pasargadae.

persalsē, adv., v. persalsus fin.

per-salsus, a, um, adj., very witty, Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 279.
Hence, adv.: per-salsē, very wittily: gratias agere, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3.

* persălūtātĭo, ōnis, f. [persaluto], a saluting of all, assiduous salutation, Cic. Mur. 21, 44.

per-sălūto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to salute one after another: omnes, Cic. Fl. 18, 42: nomenculatores, Sen. Tranq. 12, 6: deos, Phaedr. 4, 12, 4; Curt. 10, 5, 3.

persanctē, v. persanctus.

per-sanctus, a, um, adj., very sacred or holy: CONIVX, Inscr. Afr. ap. Rénier, 4414.
Hence, adv.: per-sanctē, very sacredly or religiously: dejerare, to swear solemnly, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 5: jurare, Suet. Tib. 10; id. Ner. 35.

per-sāno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to cure completely: vomicas, Plin. 20, 22, 89, § 244; 24, 19, 120, § 188 al.

per-sānus, a, um, adj., perfectly sound, Cato, R. R. 157 fin.

per-săpĭens, entis, adj., very wise, homo, Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 44.
Hence, adv.: persăpĭenter, very wisely: persapienter dat ipsa lex potestatem defendendi, Cic. Mil. 4, 11.

Persēpŏlis (Persaep-), is, f., = Περσαιπολις, a city of Persia, the ruins of which are now called Istakhr, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 115; Curt. 5, 4, 33; 5, 6, 11 sq.; Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 2; Amm. 23, 6, 42.