petraeus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek πετραῖος (petraîos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛˈtrae̯.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [peˈtrɛː.us] === Adjective === petraeus (feminine petraea, neuter petraeum); first/second-declension adjective That grows (or lives) in rocky places ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “petraeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “petraeus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “petraeus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray