pellĭcŭla (noun F) : dim.pellis
* A small skin or hide: haedina,Cic. Mur. 36, 76: caprina,Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 99. furtivae aurum Pelliculae, i.e. the golden fleece, Juv. 1, 11: haedorum,Vulg. Gen. 27, 16.—Prov.: pel liculam curare, to take care of one's skin, i.e. to make much of one's self, Hor. S. 2, 5, 38 (for which: cutem curare,id. Ep. 1, 2, 29; 1, 4, 15): memento in pelliculā, cerdo, tenere tuā,i.e. stick to your last, keep within your own sphere,Mart. 3, 16, 6: pelliculam veterem retinere,i.e. to keep to one's old courses,Pers. 5, 116.
* Transf., = scortum, Auct. Atell. Inc. IX.

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