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cŭtīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [cutis], the skin, Juv. 11, 203; Pers. 4, 18; on the long ī, v. Prisc. p. 612 P.

Cŭtĭlĭa, ae, f., an ancient city in the Sabine land, on a lake called Lacus Cutiliae, now Lago di Contigliano, Varr. ap. Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 109; Paul. ex Fest. 51, 8.
Also in plur.: Cŭtĭlĭae, ārum, Liv. 26, 11, 10; Suet. Vesp. 24; Cels. 5, 6; Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 6; Paul. ex Fest. p. 51, 8 Müll.
Hence, Cŭtĭlĭensis, e, adj.: Lacus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 71 Müll.; Macr. S. 1, 7, 28 sq.; and Cŭtĭlĭus, a, um, adj., of Cutilia: Cutiliae aquae, Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209; 31, 2, 6, § 10; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, 45.
Also called Cŭ-tĭlĭae, ārum, f., Cels. 4, 5, 26.

Cutina, ae, f., a city of the Vestini, Liv. 8, 29, 13.

cŭtĭo, ōnis, m., a small insect, milleped, Mart. Emp. 8.

cŭtis, is (acc. cutem, App. Mag. p. 306, 14), f. [kindr. with κύτος; Sanscr. gudh; Germ. Haut], the skin.

  1. I. Prop., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3; Cels. 2, 8; Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 183 sq.; Quint. 11, 3, 78; Hor. C. 1, 28, 13; id. A. P. 476; Sen. Ep. 95, 16; 123, 7 al.
    In plur., Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; 11, 37, 45, § 128.
        1. b. Prov.: curare cutem, to take care of one’s skin, i. e. to make much of one’s self, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 29; 1, 4, 15 (for which pelliculam curare, id. S. 2, 5, 38): cogere aliquem intra suam cutem, Sen. Ep. 9, 13: cute perditus, sick in one’s body, Pers. 1, 23: ego te intus et in cute novi, I know you thoroughly, id. 3, 30.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Hide, leather: calceus est sartā terque quaterque cute, Mart. 1, 103, 6.
      2. 2. A soft coating, covering of any thing; the skin, rind, surface (several times in the Nat. Hist. of Pliny): casiae, Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95: nucleorum, id. 15, 10, 9, § 36: uvarum, id. 15, 28, 34, § 112: lauri, id. 27, 10, 60, § 84: summa terrae, id. 20, 19, 79, § 207.
  2. II. Trop., the external appearance, surface, outside: tenerā quādam elocutionis cute, Quint. 5, 12, 18: imaginem virtutis effingere et solam ut sic dixerim cutem, id. 10, 2, 15; Gell. 18, 4, 2.

‡ cuturnĭum vas, quo in sacrificiis vinum fundebatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 51, 1 Müll.