Pessĭnūs and Pesĭnūs, untis, f. (acc. masc. Pessinuntem, Cic. Har. Resp. 13, 28),
I = Πεσσινοῦς and Πεσινοῦς, a very ancient town in Galatia , on the borders of Phrygia Major , celebrated for its worship of Cybele; the modern Bala Hissar , Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 2: si mater Idaea a Pessinunte Romam advecta foret, Liv. 29, 10 (in Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146, the true read. is Pisinuus). —Hence,
A Pessĭnuntĭcus , a, um, adj., Pessinuntic; as subst. : Pessĭnun-tĭca , ae, f., Cybele , Ap. Met. 11, 5, 9.—
B Pessĭnuntĭus , a, um, adj., Pessinuntian : sacerdos magnae Matris, Cic. Sest. 26, 56: aselli, Gell. 7, 16, 5.