Pē̆tra, ae, f., = Πέτρα, the name of several cities.
I A city in Arabia Petraea , now the ruins of Wadi Musa , Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; Vulg. Jer. 48, 28.—Hence,
B Pē̆traeus , a, um, adj., Petrean : balanus, Plin. 12, 21, 46, § 102: hypericon, id. 12, 25, 54, § 119.—
II A city in Pieria , Liv. 29, 26.—
III A city in Thrace , Liv. 40, 22. —
IV A city in Umbria , called Petra Pertusa, now Il Furlo , Aur. Vict. Epist. in Vespas. 17.—
V A hill near Dyrrachium , Caes. B. C. 3, 42.