Pescennĭus
i, m.
I.
name of a Roman gens.
I.
A friend of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6.—Esp.,
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Pescennius Niger, a Roman emperor; hence, Pescenniānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the emperor Pescennius: reliquiae, Spart. Sev. 15, 4: domus, id. Pesc. Nig. 12, 4.