=Persis, idis=, f., _Persia_. =Pertināx, ācis=, m., _(Helvius) Pertināx_, Roman emperor from January 1 to March 28, 193 A.D. =Perusia, ae=, f., an ancient town in Etruria in Italy. =perveniō=, see =veniō=. =pēs, pedis=, m., _a foot_, =pedem referre=, _to retreat_. =Pescennius, ī=, m., see =Niger=. =pestilentia, ae= [=pestis=, _plague_], f., _a pestilence_, _plague_. =petō, ere, īvī (iī), ītus=, _to strive for_, _seek_; _beg_, _ask_, _request_; _assail_, _attack_. =ad--appetō, ere, īvī (iī), ītus=, _to strive for_, _reach after_; _assail_, _attack_; _long for_, _desire_; _draw nigh_, _approach_, _be at hand_. =re--repetō, ere, īvī (iī), ītus=, _to seek again_, _try to get back_, _demand back_; _recall_, _repeat_; _attack_. =Petrēius, ī=, m., _M. Petrēius_, a partisan of Pompey; fought against Caesar in Spain, Greece, and Africa. =Petrōnius, ī=, m., _Petrōnius Secundus_, a partisan of Nerva. =Pharnacēs, is=, m., Gr. acc. =Pharnacēn=, the son of Mithradates, who succeeded his father as king of Pontus. =Phasēlis, idis=, f., a city of Lycia in Asia Minor. =Philippī, ōrum=, pl. m., a city in Macedonia where Brutus and Cassius were defeated by Octavian 44 B.C. =Philippus, ī=, m., 1. _Philip V._, king of Macedonia 220-178 B.C. 2. _(M. Iūlius) Philippus I._, Roman emperor 244-249 A.D. 3. _(M. Iūlius) Philippus II._, son of (2). 4. _L. Mārcius Philippus_, consul 91 B.C. 5. _Q. Mārcius Philippus_, consul 186 B.C. =philosophia, ae=, f., _philosophy_. =philosophus, ī=, m., _a philosopher_. =Phoenīcē, ēs=, f., _Phoenicia_, a country of Syria. =Phrygia, ae=, f., a division of Asia Minor. =Pīcentēs, ium=, pl. m., _the inhabitants of Picenum_. =Pīcēnum, ī=, n., a division of Italy on the Adriatic Sea, north of Latium. =pīlum, ī=, n., _a heavy javelin_; _pike_. =pingō, ere, pīnxī, pīctus=, _to paint_; _represent_, _delineate_, _portray_. =Pīraeus, ī=, m., the chief harbor of Athens. =pīrāta, ae=, m., _a pirate_. =pīrāticus, a, um= [=pīrāta=], adj., pertaining to pirates, piratical; =Pīrāticum bellum=, _war against the pirates_. =piscis, is=, f., _a fish_. =piscor, ārī, ātus sum= [=piscis=], _to fish_. =pius, a, um=, adj., _reverent_, _pious_. =placeō, ēre, uī, --=, _to please_, _be agreeable to_; _seem best to_; impers., =placet, placuit, placitum est=, _to be resolved by_. =dis--displiceō, ēre, uī, --=, _to displease_. =placidus, a, um=, [=placō=, _to soothe_], adj., _calm_, _quiet_, _tranquil_. =Plautius, ī=, m., _A. Plautius_, sent by the emperor Claudius in 43 A.D. to subdue Britain. =plēbs, plēbis=, and =plēbēs, ēī=, f., _the common people_, _populace_, _plebeians_. =plēnus, a, um= [=pleō=], adj., _full_. =*pleō, ēre, plēvī, plētus=, _to fill_. =con--compleō, ēre, plēvī, plētus=, _to fill_ (to the brim); _complete_. =ex--expleō, ēre, plēvī, plētus=, _to fill up_, _fill_. =in--impleō, ēre, plēvī, plētus=, _to fill up_, _finish_. =plērīque, aeque, aque=, adj., _very many_, _most_.