PaimonA follower of Lucifer, a demon king, the 9th king of Hell, ruler of the western hells.
PalaepolisA former city in southwest Italy, now part of Naples.
palaestraA public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports; a wrestling school, a gymnasium.
PanathenaeaA festival formerly held annually in Athens to honour the city's patron goddess Athena, involving animal sacrifices, a grand procession, and, every fourth year, athletic and musical contests.
pandectUsually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565).
pandiculateTo fully stretch the torso and upper limbs, typically accompanied by yawning.
pandurateHaving a shape reminiscent of a fiddle; obovate with a pair of sinuous indentations near the base.
PanormusAn ancient city in Sicily, situated on the northern coast of the island, now Palermo
pansophyComplete and universal knowledge, or a system of such universal knowledge.
PanticapaeumAn important Ancient Greek colony and port in Taurica (Tauric Chersonese), founded by Milesians in the late 7th–early 6th century BC on the site of present-day Kerch.
PantocratorThe ruler of everything, especially as an epithet for Jesus Christ; an artistic depiction of Jesus in this aspect.
pantomimusA male pantomime performer in Ancient Rome.
panusA lymphatic gland that is inflamed but not suppurating.
parameseIn Ancient Greek musical theory, the lowest-pitched fixed note in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, always pitched a perfect fourth below the nete, with two movable notes between them, the trite (lower in pitch) and the paranete (higher in pitch). The paramese was higher-pitched than the mese (the highest-pitched fixed note in the nearer tetrachord on a lyre) by a ratio of 9:8.
paraneteIn Ancient Greek musical theory, the higher-pitched of the two movable notes in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, pitched higher than the trite and lower than the nete.
parapegmAn engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place.
parapegmaA device for keeping track of cyclical events, particularly of stars, weather, seasons, and so on.
parasangA historical Iranian unit of itinerant distance used throughout the Western Mediterranean and the Middle East in antiquity, originally the distance travelled in one hour, and generally assumed to be equivalent to about six kilometres.
parasceveThe day of preparation before the (Jewish) Sabbath; Friday.
parens patriaeThe government authority to act as the parent of a child or individual to protect them from abusive or negligent parents, legal guardian, or caretaker.
parentationSomething done or said in honour of the dead; obsequies.
parentheticOf, pertaining to, or as if using parentheses