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                    "description": "pellis (noun F) : (\n* Abl. sing. pelle; but pelli,Lucr. 6, 1270; App. Mag. 22), f. Gr. πέλλα, πέλας, skin; cf. ἐρυσίπελας, ἐπιπολή, surface; also, πλατύς, and Lat. palam, a skin, hide (of a beast), whether on the body or taken off; a felt, pelt, etc.\n* Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: inaurata arietis, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 285 Vahl.): rana rugosam inflavit pellem,Phaedr. 1, 23, 4; Col. 6, 13, 2: nationes caprarum pellibus vestitae,Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 11; cf.: quam tu numquam vides nisi cum pelle caprinā,Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82: pelles pro velis,Caes. B. G. 3, 13: fulvique insternor pelle leonis,Verg. A. 2, 722: pelles perficere,Plin. 24, 11, 56, § 94: pelles candidas conficere,id. 13, 6, 13, § 55: pecudes aureas habuisse pelles tradiderunt,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6.—Poet., of the human skin: frigida pellis Duraque,Lucr. 6, 1194: ossa atque pellis tota est,Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 28; id. Capt. 1, 2, 32: pellis nostra,Vulg. Thren. 5, 10; id. Job, 10, 11; 19, 20: pellem habere Hercules fingitur, ut homines cultus antiqui admoneantur. Lugentes quoque diebus luctus in pellibus sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 207 Müll.; cf.: deformem pro cute pellem aspice,Juv. 10, 192.—Prov.: detrahere pellem, i. e. to pull off the mask which conceals a person's faults, Hor. S. 2, 1, 64: introrsum turpis, speciosus pelle decorā,with a showy outside,id. Ep. 1, 16, 45: cf. Pers. 4, 14: in propriā pelle quiescere, to be content with one's own state or condition, Hor. S. 1, 6, 22 (v. pellicula): caninam pellem rodere, said of lampooning a slanderer,Mart. 5, 60, 10: pellem pro pelle, et cuncta quae habet homo dabit pro animā suā,Vulg. Job, 2, 4: si mutare potest Aethiops pellem suam,id. Jer. 13, 23.\n* Transf.\n* Leather: ruptā calceus alter Pelle patet,Juv. 3, 150.\n* A garment, article of clothing made of skin, Col. 1, 8; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 19: pes in pelle natet,in the shoe,id. A. A. 1, 516; Pers. 5, 140.\n* A tent for soldiers (because it was covered with skins); usually in the phrase sub pellibus, in the camp: ut non multum imperatori sub ipsis pellibus otii relinquatur,Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4: sub pellibus milites contineri non possent,Caes. B. G. 3, 29 fin.: (Caesar) sub pellibus hiemare constituit,id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.; cf. Liv. 37, 39: durare sub pellibus,id. 5, 2; Tac. A. 13, 35; 14, 38: pellium nomine,for covering shields,Cic. Pis. 36, 87.\n* Parchment: pellibus exiguis artatur Livius ingens,on little parchments,Mart. 14, 190, 1.\n* A drum: pelles caedere,Min. Fel. 24, 4."
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