Paniscus, A God of the wooddes.Pannonia.The conntrey now called Hungaria, which tooke % name of an other Hungaria, nowe called Iulira: It lpeth in the north part of the worlde, not farre from the riuer Tanais, and is tributarie to the Moscouits. The boundes of Hungarie are nowe muche larger then they were of olde time, and hath on the west, Ostrike & Beame: on the sonth, the part of Slauonie, that lyeth on the sea Adriaticum: on the east, Seruia on the north Polonia, and Moscouia. The Conntrey is right fertile of graine, and riche of golde and siluer: And, as the inhabitannts do report, there is a riuer, wherein if yron be oftentimes dipped, if will be turned into copper. This noble realme is now destroyed, and vnder the captiuitie of the Turkes, which is sore to be feared al christendome shall repente. For it was sometime reputed the puissaunte bulwarke of all christian realmes againste the intollerable violence of Sarasyns and Turkes.Pannonia superior, The country called Austria and Stira. In this country standeth Vienna. Pannonia inferior hathe on the north, Dunow and Germanie: on the west, Pannonia superior: on the south, Liburnia: on the east, Iaziges. Thys canntry is almost wholy vnder the Hungares.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Pāniscus, i, m., = *pani/skos. I.A little Pan, a rural deity: si Nymphae, Panisci etiam et Satyri, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48.—II.A Roman surname, Inscr. Gud. 172, 3.