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(adjective) : pullus, a, um, kindr. with πελλός.
* Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish: lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5: nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,Col. 1, praef. § 24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,id. 7, 2, 4: ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,Verg. G. 3, 389: hostia,Tib. 1, 2, 62: capilli,Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41: myrtus,dusky, dark-green,Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf. ficus,id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33; also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48: pullo amictus,Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.—Plur.: pulla decent niveas (puellas),Ov. A. A. 3, 189.
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* In allusion to the clothing of the poor: pulla paupertas,Calp. Ecl. 7, 26; 80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.— Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending,Quint. 5, 10, 71.
* Of language: pullus sermo,the vulgar speech,Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.
* (From mourning attire.) Sad, sorrowful, mournful (poet.): si mihi lanificae ducunt non pulla sorores stamina,Mart. 6, 58, 7: nere stamina pulla,Ov. Ib. 246.
* Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish: lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5: nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,Col. 1, praef. § 24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,id. 7, 2, 4: ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,Verg. G. 3, 389: hostia,Tib. 1, 2, 62: capilli,Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41: myrtus,dusky, dark-green,Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf. ficus,id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33; also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48: pullo amictus,Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.—Plur.: pulla decent niveas (puellas),Ov. A. A. 3, 189.
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* In allusion to the clothing of the poor: pulla paupertas,Calp. Ecl. 7, 26; 80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.— Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending,Quint. 5, 10, 71.
* Of language: pullus sermo,the vulgar speech,Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.
* (From mourning attire.) Sad, sorrowful, mournful (poet.): si mihi lanificae ducunt non pulla sorores stamina,Mart. 6, 58, 7: nere stamina pulla,Ov. Ib. 246.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
pullus (noun M) : root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. πῶλος; Engl. foal.
* A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus): asininus,Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2: equinus,Col. 6, 29, 1: onagrorum,Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171: glirium,Varr. R. R. 3, 15: ranae,Hor. S. 2, 3, 314: columbini,Cic. Fam. 9, 18: gallinacei,Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7: pavonini,Varr. R. R. 3, 9: anserum,id. ib. 3, 10: ciconiae,Juv. 14, 74: ex ovis pulli orti,chicks,Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124: asinam, et pullum filium,Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.
* In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.: pulli implumes,Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination: cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.
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* Of persons.
* As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling: meus pullus passer, mea columba,Plaut. Cas. 1, 50: strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.
* Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.
* A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus): asininus,Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2: equinus,Col. 6, 29, 1: onagrorum,Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171: glirium,Varr. R. R. 3, 15: ranae,Hor. S. 2, 3, 314: columbini,Cic. Fam. 9, 18: gallinacei,Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7: pavonini,Varr. R. R. 3, 9: anserum,id. ib. 3, 10: ciconiae,Juv. 14, 74: ex ovis pulli orti,chicks,Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124: asinam, et pullum filium,Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.
* In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.: pulli implumes,Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination: cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.
* Transf.
* Of persons.
* As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling: meus pullus passer, mea columba,Plaut. Cas. 1, 50: strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.
* Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
pullus, a, um
* Adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.
* Adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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