(adj.adj.) : Pētrōnĭus, i, m.
* Name of a Roman gens.—So, esp.: Petronius Arbiter,a Roman knight, a favorite of the emperor Nero, perh. the same person with Petronius, the author of a Latin romance which is preserved in a fragmentary state,Tac. A. 16, 17 sq.—In fem.: Pētrōnĭa, ae, the first wife of the emperor Vitellius, Tac. H. 2, 64; Suet. Vit. 6.—Hence
* Pētrōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Petronius, Petronian: Petronia amnis est in Tiberim profluens, quam magistratus auspicato transeunt, cum in campo quid agere voluntquod genus auspicii peremne vocatur, Fest. p. 250 Müll.: Petronia lex, respecting slaves: post legem Petroniam et senatusconsulta ad eam legem pertinentia, dominis, potestas ablata est ad bestias depugnandas suo arbitrio servos tradere,Dig. 48, 8, 11, § 3; ib. 40, 1, 24.
* Pētrōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Petronius, Petronian: Petroniana Albucia, Fulg. Myth. praef. 1.

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• L. Fulvius Gavius Numisius Petronius Aemilianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR F 0541 | PIR ID6397
• C. Petronius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0266 | PIR ID10281
• P. Petronius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0269 | PIR ID10282
• P. Petronius (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0270 | PIR ID10283
• Petronius (Masc), ref: PIR P 0264 | PIR ID10284
• T. Petronius (Masc), ref: PIR P 0271 | PIR ID10285
• ... Petronius ... (Masc), ref: PIR P 0265 | PIR ID10286
• Petronius Antoninus (Masc), ref: PIR P 0273 | PIR ID10287
• Petronius Aristocrates (Masc), ref: PIR P 0274 | PIR ID10288
• Cn. Petronius Asellio (Masc), ref: Devijver PME P 21 | PIR ID10289
• Petronius Athenodorus (Masc), ref: Devijver PME P 22 | PIR ID10290
• Petronius Aufidius Victorinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0275 | PIR ID10291
• Petronius Catullinus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0276 | PIR ID10292
• C. Petronius Celer (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0277 | PIR ID10293
• M. Petronius Cremutius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0278 | PIR ID10294
• Petronius Didius Severus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0279 | PIR ID10295
• C. Petronius et P. Petronius (Masc), ref: PIR P 0267 (et P 0268) | PIR ID10296
• C. Petronius et P. Petronius (Masc), ref: PIR P 0267 (et P 0268) | PIR ID10296
• Petronius Faustinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0280 | PIR ID10297
• P. Petronius Felix (Masc), ref: ILAfr. 271 | PIR ID10298
• L. Petronius Florentinus (Masc), ref: Devijver PME P 23 | PIR ID10299
• M. Petronius Honoratus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0281 | PIR ID10300
• Petronius Iunior (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0282 | PIR ID10301
• Petronius Iustus Iustinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0283 | PIR ID10302
• A. Petronius Lurco (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0284 | PIR ID10303
• M. Petronius Lurco (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0285 | PIR ID10304
• C. Petronius Magnus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0286 | PIR ID10305
• M. Petronius Mamertinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0287 | PIR ID10306
• M. Petronius Mamertinus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0288 | PIR ID10307
• Sex. Petronius Mamertinus ... (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0289 | PIR ID10308
• Q. Petronius Melior (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0290 | PIR ID10309
• Q. Petronius Melior (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0291 | PIR ID10310
• Q. Petronius Modestus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0292 | PIR ID10311
• Petronius Musa (Masc), ref: PIR P 0293 | PIR ID10312
• P. Petronius Niger Arbiter (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0294 | PIR ID10313
• Q. Petronius Novatus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0295 | PIR ID10314
• Petronius Persa (Masc, senator), ref: cf. P 0243 | PIR ID10315
• P. Petronius Polianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0296 | PIR ID10316
• C. Petronius Pontius Nigrinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0812 | PIR ID10317
• P. Petronius Priscus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0298 | PIR ID10318
• P. Petronius Priscus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0299 | PIR ID10319
• T. Petronius Priscus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0301 | PIR ID10320
• Petronius Priscus (Masc), ref: PIR P 0297 | PIR ID10321
• T. Petronius Priscus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0300 | PIR ID10322
• Cn. Petronius Probatus Iunior Iustus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0302 | PIR ID10323
• Petronius Quadratus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0303 | PIR ID10324
• Petronius Restitutus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0304 | PIR ID10325
• L. Petronius Rufus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0305 | PIR ID10326
• L. Petronius Sabinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0306 | PIR ID10327
• L. Petronius Sabinus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0307 | PIR ID10328
• T. Petronius Secundus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0308 | PIR ID10329
• Petronius Severus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0308a | PIR ID10330
• L. Petronius Severus No...anus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0309 | PIR ID10331
• M. Petronius Sura (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0310 | PIR ID10332
• Petronius Sura Antoninus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0272 | PIR ID10333
• M. Petronius Sura Mamertinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0311 | PIR ID10334
• M. Petronius Sura Septimianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0312 | PIR ID10335
• L. Petronius Taurus Volusianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0313 | PIR ID10336
• P. Petronius Turpilianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0314 | PIR ID10337
• P. Petronius Turpilianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0315 | PIR ID10338
• Q. Petronius Umber Umbrinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0318 | PIR ID10339
• C. Petronius Umbrinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0319 | PIR ID10340
• M. Petronius Umbrinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0320 | PIR ID10341
• Petronius Urbicus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0322 | PIR ID10342
• L. Petronius Verus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0316 | PIR ID10343
• Petronius Victorinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0317 | PIR ID10344
• L. Publius Petronius Volusianus Publilius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0321 | PIR ID11183