Pēlūsĭum, ii, n., = Πηλούσιον,
I an Egyptian city at the eastern mouth of the Nile , the modern Castle of Tineh , Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 10, 30, 45, § 87; Caes. B. C. 3, 103; Liv. 44, 19.—Hence,
A Pēlūsĭăcus , a, um, adj., Pelusiac : lens, Verg. G. 1, 228: linum, Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 14: ostium Nili, Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 64: via, leading to Pelusium , id. 6, 29, 33, § 167.—
B Pēlū-sĭānus , a, um, adj., Pelusian : mala, Col. 5, 10, 19.—
C Pēlūsĭōta or Pēlūsĭō-tes , ae, m., a Pelusian : Pelusiotae caepe non edunt, Gell. 20, 8, 7.— Acc. : Pelusioten, Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, n. 7.—
D Pēlūsĭus , a, um, adj., Pelusian : vada Pelusia, Luc. 8, 466: linteum, Phaedr. 2, 5, 12: munera, Mart. 13, 9, 1.