Pella — Lewis & Short
Pella, ae, and Pellē, ēs, f., = *pe/lla,
I 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.