Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Petaurista

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

PETAURIS'TA (πεταυριστής). One who performs feats of agility upon the machine termed petaurum (Festus s. v. Varro ap. Non. s. v. p. 56. Pet. Sat. 53. 11.); but as the real nature of that object has not been ascertained, it is impossible to identify the character of those who exhibited themselves upon it.