pest Copy link Outline 1. pestis, is, f.2. pernĭcies, ēi • pest: 1. pestis, is, f.: Join: furia ac pestis [patriae], Cic. Sext. 14, fin.: Sall. 2. pernĭcies, ēi: a pimp, the common p. of youth, leno p. communis adolescentulorum, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 34: Cic.: v. plague.