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pestĭlentĭa (noun F) : pestilens
* An infectious or contagious disease, a plague, pest, pestilence.
* Lit. (class.): Massilienses gravi pestilentiā conflictati,Caes. B. C. 2, 22; Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16: pestilentia gravis incidit in urbem,Liv. 27, 23: pestilentiae contagia prohibere,Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157; Cels. 1, 10; 2, 1; 3, 7 init.
* Transf., an unwholesome atmosphere, weather, or region (class.): agrorum genus propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum,Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70: pestilentiae signa (opp. signa salubritatis),id. Div. 1, 5, 7: pestilentiae possessores,id. Agr. 1, 5, 15.
* Trop., a plague, pest, pestilence (poet. and in postclass. prose): oratio plena veneni et pestilentiae,Cat. 44, 11: cathedra pestilentiae,the seat of the scornful,Vulg. Psa. 1, 1.— In plur.: animorum labes et pestilentiae,Gell. 1, 2, 4.
* An infectious or contagious disease, a plague, pest, pestilence.
* Lit. (class.): Massilienses gravi pestilentiā conflictati,Caes. B. C. 2, 22; Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16: pestilentia gravis incidit in urbem,Liv. 27, 23: pestilentiae contagia prohibere,Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157; Cels. 1, 10; 2, 1; 3, 7 init.
* Transf., an unwholesome atmosphere, weather, or region (class.): agrorum genus propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum,Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70: pestilentiae signa (opp. signa salubritatis),id. Div. 1, 5, 7: pestilentiae possessores,id. Agr. 1, 5, 15.
* Trop., a plague, pest, pestilence (poet. and in postclass. prose): oratio plena veneni et pestilentiae,Cat. 44, 11: cathedra pestilentiae,the seat of the scornful,Vulg. Psa. 1, 1.— In plur.: animorum labes et pestilentiae,Gell. 1, 2, 4.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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