Pelle

Pella, ae, and Pellē, ēs, f., = Pella, 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,

II.

Pellaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pella, Pellœan.

A.

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.—

B.

Transf.

1.

Macedonian:

gladius,

Luc. 9, 1073:

sarissae,

id. 8, 298:

aula,

Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 32. —

2.

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.—

3.

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.