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                    "description": "(adjective) : Pella, ae, and Pellē, ēs, f., = Πέλλα\n* A city of remote antiquity in Macedonia, the birthplace of Alexander the Great, now Alaklisi, or Apostolus, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 34; Liv. 44, 46; 36, 7; 42, 51; Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2.— Hence\n* Pellaeus, a, um, , of or belonging to Pella, Pelloean.\n* Lit.: unus Pellaeo juveni non sufficit orbis,i.e. for Alexander,Juv. 10, 168; also: ductor,Luc. 3, 233: tyrannus,Mart. 9, 44, 7: Pellaeus Eoum qui domuit Porum,Claud. II. Cons. Honor. 373: Pellaeo ponte Niphaten adstrinxit,Sil. 13, 765: Pellaei proles vesana Philippi,Luc. 10, 20.\n* Transf.\n* Macedonian: gladius,Luc. 9, 1073: sarissae,id. 8, 298: aula,Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 32.\n* Alexandrian (because Alexander founded Alexandria, in Egypt): Pellaeae arces,Luc. 9, 153: muri,id. 10, 511: gula (because the Alexandrians were famous gourmands),Mart. 13, 85.\n* In a gen.  sense, Egyptian: Pellaei gens fortunata Canopi,Verg. G. 4, 287: puer,i.e. Ptolemy,Luc. 8, 607; also: rex,id. 9, 1016; cf. diadema,id. 5, 60: sceptra,Sil. 11, 383: domus,the palace of the Ptolemies,Luc. 8, 475."
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                    "description": "Male Personal name\nConfirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:\n<ul>\n<li>C. Herennius .. Pella C. Herennius Capella (Masc, senator), ref: PIR H 0115 | <a href='https:\/\/pir.bbaw.de\/id\/6889'>PIR ID6889<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>"
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