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1. passer, ĕris, m. [for panser, from pando; cf. anser].

  1. I. Lit., a sparrow, Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 75; cf. Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 107; 10, 38, 54, § 111; 18, 17, 45, § 158; 30, 15, 49, § 141; Cic. Div. 2, 30, 63; 1, 33, 72; Cat. 2, 1 sq.; 3, 3 sq.; Juv. 9, 54; Mart. 11, 6, 16; Juv. 6, 8; Vulg. Lev. 14. 4.
    As a term of endearment: meus pullus passer, mea columba, mi lepus, Plaut. Cas. 1, 50.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Passer marinus. an ostrich (marinus, because brought from a distance by sea), Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 17; Aus. Ep. 11, 7; Fest. p. 222 Müll.
      In this signif. also passer alone, Inscr. Grut. 484, 6.
    2. B. A seafish, a turbot, Plin. 9, 20, 36, § 72; Ov. Hal. 125; Hor. S. 2, 8, 29; Col. 8, 16, 7.

2. Passer, ĕris, m., a Roman surname, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 2.

passercŭla, ae, f. dim. [1. passer], a little sparrow, sparrowlet, as a term of endearment applied to a girl (perh. only in the foll. pass.), M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4. 6 Mai.

passercŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. passer], a little sparrow, sparrowlet, Cic. Div. 2, 30, 65.
As a term of endearment: dic me igitur tuum passerculum, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 76.

1. passĕrīnus, a, um, adj. [1. passer], of or fit for a sparrow: prandium, Pomp. ap. Non. 112, 7 (Com. Rel. p. 213 Rib.).

2. Passĕrīnus, i, m., the name of a very fleet horse, Mart. 7, 7, 10; 12, 36, 12.
In the orthogr PASSARINVS, the name of a circus-horse, Inscr. Grut. 341.

†† passernix, īcis [Celtic], a whetstone, Plin. 36, 22, 47, § 165.