[Pinguis]; Opimus; Obesus; Corpulentus. 1. Pinguis (παχύς, πάγχυ,) denotes fat, indifferently, or, on its dark side, as that component part of the body that is most without sensation and strength; thence, figuratively, sluggish: whereas opimus (from πιμελής) on its bright side, as a sign of plenty and good living; thence, figuratively, opulent. 2. Obesus denotes fatness, on its dark side, with reference to the unwieldiness connected with it, in opp. to gracilis, Cels. i. 3. ii. 1. Suet. Dom. 18; whereas corpulentus, on its bright side, with reference to the portliness connected with it. (v. 222.)
Pinna, see [Ala].
Pirata, see [Præda].
Placidus, see [Mitis].
Plaga, see [Locus], [Rete], and [Vulnus].
Plancæ, see [Axis].
[Plane]; Omnino; Prorsus; Penitus; Utique. Plane means completely, in opp. to pæne, Cic. Brut. 97, 33; or vix, Att. xi. 9; omnino, altogether and generally, in opp. to partly, in some instances, with some exceptions; in opp. also to magna ex parte, Cic. Tusc. i. 1. Fam. ix. 15, or separatim, Plin. Ep. viii. 7, ὁλῶς; prorsus, exactly, in opp. to in some measure, or almost; penitus, thoroughly, deeply, in opp. to in a certain degree, or superficially, πάντως; utique [related to utcunque, as quisque to quicunque: opp. neutiquam], at any rate, in opp. to at all events, or perhaps ὁπωσδήποτε. (v. 260.)
Planus, see [Æquus].
[Plerique]; Plurimi. Plerique means a great many, in an absolute sense; plurimi, most, in a superlative sense. Tac. Ann. xiii. 27. Plurimis equitum, plerisque senatorum non aliunde originem trahi. (vi. 273.)
Plorare, see [Lacrimare].