Pĕrŭsĭa, ae, f.,
I one of the twelve confederate towns of Etruria , the mod. Perugia , Liv. 9, 37, 12; Suet. Aug. 14; Vell. 2, 74, 3; Flor. 4, 5, 3.—Hence,
II Pĕrŭsī-nus , a, um, adj., Perusian : Perusina cohors, Liv. 23, 17: contentio, i. e. the siege of Perusia by Octavianus , Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 148; the famine produced in the town by this siege (cf. Flor. 4, 5, 3) is referred to in Perusina fames, Luc. 1, 41; Aus. Ep. 22, 42: sepulcra, Prop. 1, 22, 3.—Subst.: Pĕ-rŭsīni , ōrum, m., the Perusians , Liv. 10, 30 sq.— Pĕrŭsīnum , i, n., a countryseat in the Perusian territory , Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 1.