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1. pē̆tro, ōnis, m. [1. petra].

  1. I. A rustic: petrones rustici fere dicuntur, etc., Fest. p. 206, 23 Müll.; cf.: petrones rustici a petrarum asperitate et duritiā dicti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 207, 6 ib.
  2. II. An old wether, whose flesh is as hard as a stone (anteclass.), Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 40.

2. Petro, ōnis, m. [1. petra], a Roman surname, Suet. Vesp. 1.

Petrŏcŏrĭi, ōrum, m., a Gallic tribe in Aquitania, in the mod. Périgueux, Caes. B. G. 7, 75; Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109; sing., Inscr Maff. Mus. Ver 450, 8.

Pē̆trōnĭa, ae, v. 2. Petronius.

Pē̆trōnĭānus, a, um, adj., v. 2. Petronius, B.

1. pē̆trōnĭus, a, um, adj. [1. petra], rock-, crag-, mountain- (very rare): canes, Grat. Cyneg. 202.

2. Pē̆trōnĭus, i, m., name of a Roman gens.
So, esp.: Petronius Arbiter, a Roman knight, a favorite of the emperor Nero, perh. the same person with Petronius, the author of a Latin romance which is preserved in a fragmentary state, Tac. A. 16, 17 sq.
In fem.: Pē̆trōnĭa, ae, the first wife of the emperor Vitellius, Tac. H. 2, 64; Suet. Vit. 6.
Hence,

  1. A. Pē̆trōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Petronius, Petronian: Petronia amnis est in Tiberim profluens, quam magistratus auspicato transeunt, cum in campo quid agere voluntquod genus auspicii peremne vocatur, Fest. p. 250 Müll.: Petronia lex, respecting slaves: post legem Petroniam et senatusconsulta ad eam legem pertinentia, dominis, potestas ablata est ad bestias depugnandas suo arbitrio servos tradere, Dig. 48, 8, 11, § 3; ib. 40, 1, 24.
  2. B. Pē̆trōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Petronius, Petronian: Petroniana Albucia, Fulg. Myth. praef. 1.

† petrŏsĕlīnon (-īnum), i, n., = πετροσέλινον, rock-parsley, Plin. 20, 12, 47, § 118; Pall. 5, 3.

petrōsus, a, um, adj. [1. petra], full of rocks, rocky (post-Aug.): loca, Plin. 9, 31, 50, § 96.
Subst.: petrōsa, ōrum, n., rocky places: maritima, Plin. 26, 8, 29, § 46; Ambros. Laps. Virg. 7, 29: aliud cecidit super petrosa, Vulg. Marc. 4, 5; id. Matt. 13, 5.

‡ pē̆trōtos, on, adj. [πετρόω], stony, petrified: quae modicos calices duos quos appellabant petrotos HS. V[dibreve]I = . venderet, Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 195 Jan. (dub.; al. pterotos).