Pescennĭus, i, m., name of a Roman gens.
I A friend of Cicero , Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6.—Esp.,
II Pescennius Niger, a Roman emperor; hence, Pescenniānus , a, um, adj., pertaining to the emperor Pescennius : reliquiae, Spart. Sev. 15, 4: domus, id. Pesc. Nig. 12, 4.