pacificus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pācĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. [pax facio],

peacemaking , pacific , peaceable (class.): persona, * Cic. Att. 8, 12, 4: secures, the axes in the fasces of the lictors , Luc. 7, 63: Janus, Mart. 8, 66.— Plur. as subst.: beati pacifici, Vulg. Matt. 5, 9.—Esp.: victimae pacificae, peaceofferings , Vulg. Exod. 29, 28: hostiae, id. ib. 32, 6.—As subst.: pācĭfĭca , ōrum, n., peace-offerings : obtulit pacifica, Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 17 et saep.—Hence, adv.: pācĭ-fĭcē , pacifically , peaceably (post-class.): consulere, Cypr. Ep. 41; Vulg. Gen. 26, 31.

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