Psacae Psacae, ārum, m., a people of Scythia, near the river Imaus, Plin. 6, 17, 19, § 50.
psallo psallo, i, 3, v. n., = ψάλλω. In gen., to play upon a stringed instrument; esp., to play upon the cithara, to sing to the cithara: psallere saltare elegantius,Sall. C. 25, 2 (but in Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23 the correct read. is saltare et cantare; v. Halm ad h. l.): qui canerent voce et qui psallerent,Gell. 19, 9, 3; cf.: cantare et psallere jucunde,Suet. Tit. 3; Aur. Vict. Epit. 14: docta psallere Chia,Hor. C. 4, 13, 7; id. Ep. 2, 1, 33. Of singing to the cithara: Calliope princeps sapienti psallerat ore, Caesius Bassus ap. Prisc. p. 897 P.; Aur. Vict. Caes. 5; Prud. στεφ. 10, 837. Impers.: in caelo cantatur et psallitur,Arn. 3, 21. In partic., in eccl. Lat., to sing the Psalms of David, Hier. Ep. 107, 10; Aug. in Psa. 46; 65; Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 15 et saep.
psalma psalma, ătis, n., = ψάλμα, a song sung to the accompaniment of stringed instruments, a psalm (eccl. Lat.). Aug. in Psa. 4; Hier. Ep. 28; Isid. Orig. 6, 19.
Psamathus Psamăthūs (Psamm-), untis, f., = Ψαμμαθοῦς, a town and harbor of Laconia, Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 16.
Psammetichus Psammĕtĭchus, i, m., = Ψαμμέτιχος, a king of Egypt, who is said to have been the designer of the labyrinth, Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 84; Mel. 1, 9, 5.
psaranus psārānus or psārōnĭus, ĭi, m., = ψαρώνιος, a precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 157.
psecas psĕcas, ădis, f., = ψεκάς (drizzle), a female slave who perfumed her mistress's hair, Juv. 6, 489: psecade natus, a phrase denoting a man of humble birth, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.
Psecas Psĕcăs, ădis, f., the name of an attendant of Diana, Ov. M. 3, 172.
Pselcis Pselcis, ĭdis, f., = Ψέλκις, a town of Ethiopia, now Dakke, Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 181.
psephisma psēphisma, ătis, n., = ψήφισμα, an ordinance of the people among the Greeks = the plebiscitum of the Romans, Cic. Fl. 6, 15; 7, 17; 8, 19; 10, 23; Plin. Ep. 10, 52, 1.
psephopaectes psēphŏpaectes, ae, m., = ψηφοπαίκτης, a juggler (pure Lat. praestigiator), Jul. Firm.
Psesii Psēsĭi or Psessĭi, ōrum, m., = Ψήσιοι, an Asiatic tribe near the Mœotic Lake, Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19 (al. Gnissi).
psetta psetta or psitta, ae, f., = ψῆττα, a species of plaice or sole, called also rhombus, Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 57.
pseudanchusa pseudanchūsa or pseudoan-chūsa, ae, f., = ψευδάγχουσα, a plant, bastard-anchusa, alkanet, oxtongue, bugloss, Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50.
pseudapostolus pseudăpostŏlus, i, m., = ψευδαπόστολος, a false apostle, Tert. Praescr. 4; id. Res. Carn. 24; Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 13.
pseudenedrus pseudĕnĕdrus, i, m., = ψευδένεδρος, a feigned lier-in-wait, Firm. Math. 3, 8, 7 fin.
psychomachia psȳchŏmăchĭa, ae, f., = ψυχομαχία, The Contest of the Soul, the title of a poem by Prudentius.
psychomantium psȳchŏmantīum or -ēum, i, n., = ψυχομαντεῖον, a place where the spirits of the dead were interrogated, a place ofnecromancy, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115. Plur., Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132.
psychophthoros psȳchŏphthŏros, i, m., = ψυχοφθόρος, the Soul-destroyer, an epithet of Apollinarius, who denied the existence of a human soul in Christ, Cod. Just. 1, 1, 6 fin.
psychotrophon psȳchŏtrŏphon, i, n., = ψυχότροφον, a plant, betony, Plin. 25, 8, 46, § 84.
psythius psythĭus or psĭthĭus, a, um, adj., = ψύθιος (ψιθ-), psythian, a designation of a species of vine: vitis,Verg. G. 4, 269; Col. 3, 2, 24. Called also simply psythĭa, ae, f., Verg. G. 2, 93; and in plur.: psythiae (sc. uvae),Stat. S. 4, 9, 38. Neutr. subst.: psythĭum, ii, a kind of raisin - wine, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80.
Psyttalia Psyttălĭa or Psittălīa, ae, f., = Ψυτταλία or Ψυττάλεια, a small island in the Saronic Gulf, near Salamis, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 62.