Glossary of Latin Words.
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- perseus, persicus:—peach - coloured.
- persona:—a person; a parson or rector.
- persona impersonata:—a parson imparsonee, a lawful incumbent in actual possession.
- personabilis:—able to maintain a plea.
- personagium:—a parsonage; a benefice.
- personalis:—the office of a parson; a benefice.
- pertica:—a perch or pole of land, now 16½ feet, in the thirteenth century 24 or 25 feet; a square perch, now 30¼ yards; a crossbeam; the beam of a buck's head or branch of a stag's.
- perticalis:—a percher candle, placed on a crossbeam.
- pertirarius:—a beadle; an apparitor.
- perticata:—a square perch . See pertica.
- perticia terre:—the same as perticata.
- perticulus:—a staff; a bat.
- partinentia:—appurtenance.
- pertizona:—distribution of alms (?).
- pertum:—a broom.
- perula:—a pearl.
- pervisum. See parvisa.
- pesa. See pensa.
- pesagium:—pesage, custom paid on weighing goods.
- pesarius:—a weigher.
- pesor:—a weigher, an Exchequer officer.
- pessagium. See pesagium.
- pessellum:—a bolt (pessulum).
- pesso, pessona:—mast.
- pessularia:—a stockade.
- pestellus:—a leg of pork. O. E. pestle.
- peta:—peat.
- petagium. See pedagium.
- petalum:—a paving stone.
- petancia. See pietancia.
- petilio, petilla:—a crossbow bolt; a pestle.
- petillarius:—a boltinaker.
- petillium:—a crossbow bolt.
- petitorium:—a claim; a writ of right.
- petra:—a stone weight.
- petraria:—a stone quarry; an engine to cast stones.
- petrmia:—a gun.
- pettum:—a crack of a whip; a report of a gun.
- petulium:—a bolt.
- petulus:—with white feet.
- peytrellum:—a poitrel.
- phalesia:—a cliff on the sea-shore.
- phano:—a banner.
- pheliparius:—a fripperer.
- phila:—a file.
- philaterium, philaternum:—a phylactery; an amulet; a reliquary, worn suspended from the neck.
- philipparius:—a fripperer.
- phoracra. See foracra.
