Pēlūsium, ii, n., = Πηλούσιον, an Egyptian city at the eastern mouth of the Nile, the modern Castle of Tineh, Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 10, 30, 45, § 87; Caes. B. C. 3, 103; Liv. 44, 19.
—Hence, Pēlūsiacus, a, um, adj., Pelusiac: lens, Verg. G. 1, 228: linum, Plin 19, 1, 2, § 14: ostium Nili, Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 64: via, leading to Pelusium, id. 6, 29, 33, § 167.
— Pēlū-siānus, a, um, adj., Pelusian: mala, Col. 5, 10, 19.
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Pēlūsiōta or Pēlūsiō-tes, ae, m., a Pelusian: Pelusiotae caepe non edunt, Gell. 20, 8, 7.
—Acc.: Pelusioten, Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, n. 7.
— Pēlūsius, a, um, adj., Pelusian: vada Pelusia, Luc. 8, 466: linteum, Phaedr. 2, 5, 12: munera, Mart. 13, 9, 1.