petro

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

pē̆tro, ōnis, m. [1. petra].

I A rustic : petrones rustici fere dicuntur, etc., Fest. p. 206, 23 Müll.; cf.: petrones rustici a petrarum asperitate et duritiā dicti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 207, 6 ib.—

II An old wether , whose flesh is as hard as a stone (anteclass.), Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 40.

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