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pulcer, v. pulcher.

pulchellus or pulcellus, a, um,

  1. I. adj. dim. [1. pulcher], beautiful little: Bacchae (i. e. Baccharum statuae), Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2; ironic.: audiamus pulcellum puerum, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262; App. M. 8, p. 184 Bip.
  2. II. Pulchellus, contemptuous surname given to Clodius, in mockery of his surname Pulcher, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 4; 2, 22, 1; cf. Val. Max. 3, 5, 3.

1. pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).

  1. I. Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.): o puerum pulchrum, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74: pulcher ac decens, Suet. Dom. 18: virgo pulchra! Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54: pulchra juvenis, Phaedr. 2, 2, 5: quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm, Verg. A. 9, 179: formā pulcherrima, id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.): O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior, Hor. C. 1, 16, 1; as an epithet of Apollo, Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.: satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus, id. ib. 7, 656: pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus, Fest. p. 238 Müll.: pulchro corpore creti, Lucr. 5, 1116: o faciem pulchram! Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5: fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto, Suet. Ner. 51: color, Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094: mulier pulchra nimis, Vulg. Gen. 12, 14: tunicae, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33: testudo, Verg. G. 2, 463: recessus, Ov. M. 14, 261: horti, id. P. 1, 8, 37: fluvius, Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486: quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius? Cic. Sen. 15, 53: urbs pulcherrima, id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16: pulcherrimorum agrorum judex, Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43: acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum, Cato, R. R. 104: panis longe pulcherrimus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 89: pulcherrima opera, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.
    Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty: quid habet pulchri constructus acervus, Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.
  2. II. Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.: praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret, that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26: res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est, Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118: pulcherrimum exemplum, Caes. B. G. 7, 77: maximum et pulcherrimum facinus, Sall. C. 20, 3: fasces, Lucr. 5, 1234: pulcherrima consilia, Verg. A. 5, 728: nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar, id. ib. 1, 286: poëmata, Hor. S. 1, 10, 6: divitiae, id. ib. 2, 3, 95: dies, favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10: o Sol pulcher, o laudande, id. ib. 4, 2, 47; 4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus, Flor. 2, 2, 14: viae ejus viae pulchrae, Vulg. Prov. 3, 17: pulchrum sub pectore vulnus, honorable, Sil. 5, 594: quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.
    Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.
    Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.: cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies, to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30: pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis, Verg. A. 2, 317: pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi, Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful: pati pulchrum Romanumque putant, Luc. 9, 391: turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores, Quint. 1, 2, 22.
    As a translation of the Gr. ὁ καλός (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Κριτίᾳ τῷ καλῷ, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.
    Hence, adv.: pulchrē (-crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.: subigere aliquid, Cato, R. R. 74: aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61: oppidum pulchre munitum, id. Pers. 4, 4, 6: vendere, i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31; 38: conciliare, at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36: victitare, id. Most. 1, 1, 51: admonere, id. Mil. 2, 6, 56: pulchre dictum, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26: pulchre et oratorie dicere, Cic. Or. 68, 227: pulchre asseverat, bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73: proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime, very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6: intellegere, Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3: Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2: peristi pulchre, you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so, occidi, id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.
    Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.
    Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one’s self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21: neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius, in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5: pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.), excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.

2. Pulcher (-cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra (-cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.
Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

* pulchrālĭa (pulcr-), ĭum, n. [pulcher], a dessert, fruits, etc., analogous to bellaria: pulchralibus atque cupediis, Cato ap. Fest. p. 242 Müll.

pulchrē (pulcrē), adv., v. pulcher fin.

pulchresco (pulcr-), ĕre, v. inch. n. [pulcher], to become or grow beautiful (postclass.), Ser. Samm. 44, 824; Aug. Serm. 35, inter Homil. 50, § 3; Cassiod. Var. 5, 40.

* pulchrĭtas (pulcr-), ātis, f. [pulcher], beauty, Caecil. ap. Non. 155, 18.

pulchrĭtūdo (pulcr-), ĭnis, f. [pulcher], beauty.

  1. I. Lit.: ut corporis est quaedam apta figura membrorum cum coloris quādam suavitate eaque dicitur pulchritudo, Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 31: simulacri, id. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72; cf. corporis, id. Off. 1, 28, 98: pulchritudinis duo genera sunt, quorum in altero venustas est, in altero dignitas, venustatem muliebrem dicere debemus, dignitatem virilem, id. ib. 1, 36, 130: pulchritudinis habere verissimum judicium, id. Inv. 2, 1, 3: equi, Gell. 3, 9, 8: urbis, Flor. 2, 6, 34: flammae, Suet. Ner. 38: operis, Plin. Ep. 10, 46, 3.
  2. II. Trop., beauty, excellence: oratoris, Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 71: verborum, Quint. 3, 7, 12: orationis, Petr. 2: honestum suā pulchritudine specieque laudabile, Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 38: splendor pulchritudoque virtutis? id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.: ut Isocratis memorat pulchritudo, i. e. the charming writer, Amm. 30, 8, 6.
  3. III. Transf., a beauty, i. e. a beautiful thing; in plur.: pulchritudines, i. e. beautiful jewels, Plin. 37, 9, 46, § 129.

pulcrē, v. pulcher fin.

pūlĕgĭum, ii, v. puleium.

pūlēiātus, a, um, adj. [puleium], furnished or seasoned with pennyroyal: porca, Veg. Vet. 3, 76.
Subst.: pūlēiātum, i, n. (sc. vinum), pennyroyal wine, Lampr. Elag. 19.

pūlēĭum or pūlĕgĭum (Ser. Samm. 1, 18; Cels. 2, 32, 2), ii, n., fleabane, fleawort, pennyroyal: mentha pulegium, Linn.; Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 152; Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Col. 12, 35 fin.; 12, 57, 1; Pall. 12, 22, 1; Mart. 12, 32, 19; Ser. Samm. 1, 18.
On account of its pleasant odor, transf.: ad cujus rutam pulegio mihi tui sermonis utendum, i. e. the pleasantness of your discourse, Cic. Fam. 16, 23, 2.

pūlex, ĭcis, m.

  1. I. A flea, Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 155; 22, 20, 23, § 49; 30, 10, 25, § 85; cf. id. 9, 47, 71, § 154; Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 13; Cels. 6, 7, 9; Col. 8, 5; Mart. 14, 83.
  2. II. The ground-flea or spring-tail (an insect that gnaws the plant ocimum), Col. poët. 10, 321: innascuntur napis, Plin. 19, 10, 57, § 177.

pūlĭcārĭus, a, um, and pūlĭcāris, e, adjj. [pulex], of or belonging to fleas, producing fleas, flea-bearing: herba, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 37, 197; 3, 8, 97.
Hence, subst.: pūlĭcārĭa, ae, f., a plant, called also psyllion, Theod. Prisc. p. 1, 10.

‡ pūlĭco, āre, to produce fleas: ψυλλίζω, pulico, Gloss. Gr. Lat.

pūlĭcōsus, a, um, adj. [pulex], full of fleas: canis, Col. 7, 13, 2.

pullārĭus, a, um, adj. [1, pullus].

  1. I. Of or belonging to young animals: collectio, Veg. Vet. 1, 29; 2, 25, 1.
    Facete: feles, a kidnapper of boys, qs. boy-mouser, catchboy, Aus. Ep. 70, 5.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. pul-lārĭus, ĭi, m.
      1. 1. A man who fed the sacred chickens, the chicken-keeper, Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 3; Liv. 8, 30; 9, 14; 10, 40; Inscr. Orell. 2456; 3509.
        In this signif. as adj.: DECVRIA PVLLARIA, i. e. of the pullarii, Inscr. Orell. 5010.
      2. 2. In mal. part.: παιδεραστής, pullarius, Gloss. Philox.
    2. B. Pullariam Plautus dixit manum dextram, Paul. ex Fest. p. 243 Müll.
      1. 2. An island in the Adriatic near Istria, Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151.

* pullastra, ae, f. [1, pullus], a young hen, a pullet, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 9.

* pullātĭo, ōnis, f. [1, pullus], a hatching, Col. 8, 5, 9.

pullātus, a, um, adj. [3. pullus], clothed in soiled or black garments.

  1. I. Of mourners: proceres (opp. albatus), Juv. 3, 212.
    Prov.: albati ad exsequias, pullati ad nuptias, i. e. who do every thing wrongly, Sid. Ep. 5, 7.
  2. II. Of the common people, Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 9: turba, Quint. 6, 4, 6: circulus, id. 2, 12, 10; so subst.: ne quis pullatorum, of the common people, Suet. Aug. 44: pullatorum turba, id. ib. 40.

* pullēiācĕus, a, um, adj., black (for pullus), August. ap. Suet. Aug. 87.

* pullĭcēnus, i, m. [1. pullus], a young bird, a chicken, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 41.

* pullīgo, ĭnis, f. [3. pullus], a dark color, Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 191.

pullīnus, a, um, adj. [1. pullus], of or belonging to young animals: dentes, the first teeth of a colt, Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 172.

* pullĭprĕma, ae, m. [1. pullus-premo], a pœderast, Aus. Ep. 70, 8.

pullĭtĭes, ēi, f. [1. pullus], a young brood, Varr. R. R. 3, 7; Col. 8, 9, 4; 8, 14, 11; 9, 11.

* pullo, āre, v. n. [1. pullus], to put forth, sprout out, germinate, Calp. Ecl. 5, 19.

pullŭlasco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [pullulo], to put forth, sprout out, to bud, bourgeon, Col. 4, 21, 3; Prud. στεφ. 10, 882.

pullŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [1. pullulus].

  1. I. Neutr., to put forth, sprout out, come forth.
    1. A. Lit., of plants and animals: pullulat ab radice, Verg. G. 2, 17: quo laetius pullulent (vites), Col. 4, 27, 1.
      Of animals, to bring forth young: tot pullulat atra colubris, Verg. A. 7, 329.
    2. B. Trop.: pullulare incipiebat luxuria, to spread, grow, increase, Nep. Cat. 2, 3: sors nascentium obitorum loco pullulat, App. Mund. 23, p. 68, 12; cf. Amm. 22, 4, 3; Cypr. Cath. Eccl. Un. 16 init.
  2. II. Act., to bring forth, produce: terras Venerem aliam pullulasse, App. M. 4, p. 301: aperiatur terra, et pullulet salvatorem, Lact. 4, 12, 9: fetus, Fulg. Myth. 1, 12.

1. pullŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. pullus].

  1. I. A young animal, a chick, young dove, etc.; as a term of endearment, dove, chick, etc., App. M. 8, p. 577.
  2. II. Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Plin. 17, 10, 12, § 65.

2. pullŭlus, a, um, adj. [3. pullus], blackish, dusky, gray: terra, Col. 2, 2, 19.

1. pullus, i, m. [root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. πῶλος; Engl. foal].

  1. I. 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.
    1. B. 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.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of persons.
      1. 1. 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.
      2. 2. Pullus milvinus, qs. young kite, of an avaricious person, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.
    2. B. Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.

* 2. pullus, a, um, adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.

3. pullus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with πελλός].

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Transf.
        1. a. 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.
        2. b. Of language: pullus sermo, the vulgar speech, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.
        3. c. (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.

pulmentāris, e, adj. [pulmentum], of or belonging to a relish: cibus, Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 118.

pulmentārĭum, ĭi, n. [pulmentum].

  1. I. Any thing eaten with bread, a relish (fruit, salt, mustard, etc.), Cato, R. R. 58; id. ap. Charis. p. 56 P.; Varr. L. L. 5, 22, § 108; Sen. Ep. 87, 3; Plin. 15, 15, 17, § 58; 19, 8, 54, § 171; 31, 7, 41, § 87.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of the feed of birds, Col. 8, 10, 5.
    2. B. Food, in gen.: tu pulmentaria quaere Sudando, i. e. seek an appetite by exercise, Hor. S. 2, 2, 20; Vulg. Johan. 21, 5.

pulmentum, i, n. [contr. from pulpamentum, from pulpa].

  1. I. Any thing eaten with bread, a sauce, condiment, relish (fruit, vegetables, salt, etc.), App. M. 4, p. 146, 2; 9, p. 227, 19; 10, p. 244, 44; Just. 3, 3, 7.
  2. II. Transf., food, in gen., Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 84; id. Aul. 2, 4, 37: laboribus empta, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 48: in singula pulmenta, into separate portions, bits, id. S. 2, 2, 34.

pulmo, ōnis, m. [kindr. with πλεύμων, for πνεύμων].

  1. I. Lit., a lung; and in plur.: pulmones, the two lobes of the lungs, the lungs, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136; Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 72, § 188; Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 21; Ov. M. 9, 201; id. P. 1, 3, 19; Pers. 3, 27.
    Very important in haruspicy, Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85; 2, 12, 29; Luc. 1, 622; Juv. 6, 548.
  2. II. Transf., a marine animal, a sea-lung, Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154; 18, 35, 85, § 359; 32, 9, 32, § 102; hence, in allusion to its dulness: pulmon’es, qui perhibetur, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 21.

pulmōnācĕus, a, um, adj. [pulmo], of or belonging to the lungs, good for the lungs: radicula, Veg. Vet. 1, 12.

pulmōnārĭus, a, um, adj. [pulmo].

  1. I. Diseased in the lungs, consumptive: ovis, sus, Col. 7, 5, 14; 7, 10, 7.
  2. II. Beneficial to the lungs, curative of the lungs: radicula, Veg. 3, 2, 27.

pulmōnĕus, a, um, adj. [pulmo].

  1. I. Lit., of or belonging to the lungs, pulmonic: pulmoneum vomitum vomere, to vomit up the lungs, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 27.
  2. II. Transf., soft or swelling like the lungs, spongy: pedes, v. l. ap. Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 21 (al. pulmon’es): mala, Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 52.

pulmuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [pulmo], a lunglike, fleshy excrescence on the bodies of animals, e. g. on the camel’s hoofs, Sol. 49; on the feet or backs of other animals, Veg. Vet. 2, 56; 61.

pulpa, ae, f.

  1. I. Lit., the fleshy portion of animal bodies, solid flesh: spiritus non inter nervos et pulpas, sed in visceribus, Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 1; Cato, R. R. 83: pulpam voras, Mart. 3, 77, 6; cf. App. M. 2, p. 117, 30: pulpa est caro sine pinguedine, Isid. Orig. 11, 1.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. (Cf. Gr. σάρξ, of sensuality.) Scelerata, i. e. corrupt human nature, Pers. 2, 62; cf. Aus. Ep. 4, 95.
    2. B. Of persons: plebeiam numeros docere pulpam, common people, Aus. Ep. 4, 94.
    3. C. The fleshy part, pulp of fruit, Scrib. Larg. 74; Pall. 4, 10 fin.
    4. D. The pith of wood, Plin. 16, 38, 73, § 184.

pulpāmen, inis, n. [pulpa], a relish eaten with bread (for the usual pulpamentum and pulmentum), Liv. Epit. 48 fin.

pulpāmentum, i, n. [pulpa].

  1. I. The fleshy part of animals, etc., the meat, e. g. of fishes, Plin 9, 15, 18, § 48.
  2. II. Transf., food prepared mainly from bits of meat, tidbits: nimis vellem aliquid pulpamenti, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 31; id. Curc. 1, 1, 90: mihi … cubile est terra, pulpamentum fames, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90.
    Prov.: lepus tute es et pulpamentum quaeris? you are a hare yourself, and are you hunting game? Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 36; v. lepus: ego semper apros occido, sed alter semper utitur pulpamento, I do the shooting, but he gets the game; I shake the bush, but another catches the bird, Diocl. ap. Vop. Numer. fin.

pulpĭto, āre, v. a. [pulpitum], to board over, to cover with boards (post-class.), Sid. Ep. 8, 12.

pulpĭtum, i, n. in sing. and plur., a staging made of boards, a scaffold, platform, pulpit, for public representations, lectures, disputations; and esp. as a stage for actors, Suet. Ner. 13; id. Gram. 4 fin.; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 40: percurrit pulpita socco, id. ib. 2, 1, 174; id. A. P. 215: modicis instravit pulpita tignis, id. ib. 279; Prop. 4, 1, 15 (5, 1, 16): longa per angustos figamus pulpita vicos, Juv. 6, 78; 3, 174: vati, quem pulpita pascunt, id. 7, 93; 14, 256: ludibria scaenā et pulpito digna, Plin. Ep. 4, 25, 4 al.

pulpo, āre, v. n., to utter the natural cry of the vulture, Auct. Philom. 27.

pulpōsus, a, um, adj. [pulpa], fleshy: terga pulposis torulis obesa, App. M. 7, p. 195, 12.

puls, pultis, f. [πόλτος], a thick pap or pottage made of meal, pulse, etc., the primitive food of the Romans before they became acquainted with bread; it was also used at sacrifices, and as food for the sacred chickens, Varr. L. L. 5, § 105 Müll.: videtur tam puls ignota, Graeciae fuisse quam Italiae polenta, Plin. 18, 8, 19, § 83; Val. Max. 2, 5, 5; Cato, R. R. 85; Juv. 11, 58; 14, 170; Pers. 6, 40; Mart. 5, 79, 9; 13, 8, 2; Cic. Div. 2, 35, 73; Fest. p. 245 Müll.

pulsābŭlum, i, n. [pulso], an implement with which the strings of a musical instrument are struck, usually called pecten or plectrum, App. Flor. 2, p. 351, 10 (dub.; al. quassabulum); Fulg. Serm. 54.

pulsātĭo, ōnis, f. [pulso].

  1. I. A beating, striking: ostii, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 1: scutorum, Liv. 31, 39: Alexandrinorum, Cic. Cael. 10, 23.
    Absol., Dig. 47, 10, 5.
  2. II. Trop.: pudoris, i. e. forcible violation, Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 4.

pulsātor, ōris, m. [pulso], a beater, striker: citharae, Val. Fl. 5, 694.

pulsĭo, ōnis, f. [pello], a beating, striking (post-class.), Arn. 4, 129.

pulso, āvi, ātum (inf. parag. pulsarier, Lucr. 4, 931), 1, v. freq. a. [pello], to push, strike, beat (cf.: tundo, ferio, pello).

  1. I. Lit.: cum pulsetur agiteturque incursione atomorum sempiternā, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114: semine in pila pulsato, Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 158: lictores ad pulsandos verberandosque homines exercitatissimi, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf.: pulsari alios et verberari, id. ib. 2, 3, 26, § 66: pulsatus parens, Verg. A. 6, 609: legatos pulsasse dicebantur, Liv. 38, 42; Tac. H. 4, 45: ubi tu pulsas, ego vapulo tantum, Juv. 3, 289: ostium, to knock, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 7: ostia, Hor. S. 1, 1, 10; cf. ostiatim, Quint. 5, 10, 122: fores, Ov. M. 5, 448; so, pulso alone: pulsate, et aperietur vobis, Vulg. Matt. 7, 7: humum ter pede, to stamp upon the ground, Ov. F. 6, 330: gyrum pulsat equis, Prop. 4, 13, 11; cf.: tellurem pede libero, Hor. C. 1, 37, 1: prata choreis, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 381.
    Of military engines: ariete muros, Verg. A. 12, 706: ariete turres, Sil. 16, 696: moenia Romae, id. 6, 643: cuspide portas, id. 12, 565: pulsabant turrim ariete, Amm. 20, 11, 21: moenia Leptitana, id. 28, 6, 15.
    Of musical instruments: chordas digitis et pectine eburno, to strike, play upon, Verg. A. 6, 647: chelyn, Val. Fl. 1, 139: pectine nervos, Sil. 5, 463: cymbala, Juv. 9, 62.
    Of things: pulsant arva ligones, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31; id. M. 11, 529: nervo pulsante sagittae, Verg. G. 4, 313.
    1. B. Transf., to strike against, to strike, touch any thing (poet.): ipse arduus altaque pulsat Sidera, Verg. A. 3, 619; 10, 216; Sil. 9, 450: vasto qui vertice nubila pulsat, Val. Fl. 4, 149.
      Of abstract subjects: ululatus pulsat aures, Claud. B. Get. 625.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen., to urge or drive on, to impel, to set in violent motion, to move, agitate, disturb, disquiet: dormientium animos, Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120: multa in unum locum confluunt, quae meum pectus pulsant, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 3: quae te vecordia pulsat, Ov. M. 12, 228: corda pavor pulsans, Verg. G, 3, 105; cf.: curru Phoebe medium pulsabat Olympum, id. A. 10, 216: variā meritos formidine pulsant, Val. Fl. 3, 390: urbes rumoribus, to disturb, Petr. p. 679: invidia pulsat pectus, Sen. Agam. 134: aliquem querelis, Stat. Th. 8, 249; cf.: astra querelis, Claud. in Eutr. 2, prooem. § 51: superos vocibus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1671.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. To attack before a tribunal, i. e. to arraign, accuse: ex contractu ejus obligatus, pro quo pulsabatur, Dig. 11, 1, 11: non imponitur necessitas aliis pulsantibus respondere, ib. 5, 1, 2 med.
      2. 2. Transf., in gen., to accuse, defame: pulsari crimine falso, Claud. B. Gild. 170: injusta Tartara, to accuse, charge, Stat. S. 5, 5, 77: apud principis aures existimationem viri fortis invidiā gravi pulsarent, Amm. 18, 4, 4.
    3. C. To drive away, remove, put out of the way, Dig. 19, 2, 15, § 1: pericula, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 465.
    4. D. To injure, insult: pulsatos infecto foedere divos, Verg. A. 12, 286: pulsatae majestatis imperii reus, of treason, Amm. 14, 7, 7.

pulsŭōsus, a, um, adj. [2. pulsus], full of blows, beating (post-class.): dolor, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 14; 5, 10.

1. pulsus, a, um, Part., from pello.

2. pulsus, ūs, m. [pello], a pushing, beating, striking, stamping; a push, blow (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: pulsu externo agitari, Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54: remorum, the stroke of the oars, rowing, id. de Or. 1, 33, 153; Caes. B. G. 3, 13: pulsus seni, i. e. a galley of six banks, Sil. 14, 487; cf. Liv. 22, 19; 27, 37: pedum, the trampling of feet, Verg. A. 12, 445; 7, 722: palmarum, Laber ap. Non. p. 151, 28: lyrae, a striking, playing, Ov. F. 5, 667: terrae, an earthquake, Amm. 23, 1, 7.
    Esp.: pulsus venarum, the beating of the pulse, the pulse, Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6; Val. Max. 5, 7, 1 ext.: sentire pulsus venarum, Quint. 7, 10, 10: pulsum venarum attingere, Tac. A. 6, 50; so, arteriarum, Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 219; and so pulsus alone (sc. venarum), the pulse: pulsus densior, celer, fluctuans, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 14, 92: debilis, densus, formicalis, id. Tard. 2, 14, 198: febricitans, id. Acut. 2, 10, 63 et saep.
  2. II. Trop., impulse, influence: sive externus et adventicius pulsus animus dormientium commovet, sive, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 61, 126: nulla enim species cogitari potest nisi pulsu imaginum, id. ib. 2, 67, 137: animus quatitur et afficitur motibus pulsibusque, Gell. 9, 13, 1.

pultārĭus, ĭi, m. [puls; orig. a vessel for pottage; hence, in gen.],

  1. I. A vessel for various uses, e. g. for warm drinks, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 185; for must, Petr. 42; for preserving grapes in, Col. 12, 43, 7; for coals for fumigation, Pall. 7, 2.
  2. II. Transf., a cupping-glass, Cels. 2, 11.

pultātĭo, ōnis, f. [pulto], a beating, knocking at the door (ante-class.), Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 3.

pultĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [puls], pap, gruel, Cels. 2, 30; Col. 8, 11, 14; Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58; Arn. 7, 242: pulticula constrictior, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 18, 108.

pultĭfăgus, v. pultiphagus.

* pultĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. [puls-facio], from which pap or pottage is made: far, Aus. Idyll. 12, 5.

Pultĭphăgōnĭdes, ae, m. [pultiphagus], the pap-eater, a comically formed designation for an old Roman, who ate pap instead of bread (v. puls), Plaut. Poen. prol. 54.

pultĭphăgus (pultĭf-), i, m. [pulsφάγω], a pap-eater, i. e. a Roman (v. Pultiphagonides; cf. Plin. 18, 8, 19, § 83), Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 143.

1. pulto, āre, v. freq. a. [collat. form of pulso, from pello], to beat, strike, knock (ante-class.; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 14): pectus digitis pultat, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 47: ostium, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 3: fores, id. Heaut. 2, 3, 34: januam, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 30: aedes, id. Most. 2, 1, 56.
Absol., of knocking at the door, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 2: placide, id. Men. 1, 2, 65: pedibus, id. Most. 1, 2, 23.

2. Pulto, ōnis, m., a Roman surname, Val. Max. 5, 4 ext. 7.

pulver, ĕris, v. pulvis init.

‡ pulvĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. [pulvis], of or belonging to dust or sand: VICVS, a place in Rome, Inscr. Grut. 250.

pulvĕrātĭcum, i, n., and pulvĕrā-tĭca, ae, f. [pulvis; orig. payment for hard agricultural labor; hence, transf.], drink-money, given for hard labor, Cod. Th. 7, 13, 16; Cassiod. Var. 12, 15; Impp. Theodos. et Valent. ap. Auct. de Re Agr. p. 343 Goes.

pulvĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [pulvero], in vintagers’ lang., a reducing to powder, pulverizing of the soil around the vines, Col. 4, 28, 1; 11, 2, 60; Pall. 4, 7, 1; Serv. Verg. G. 2, 418.

pulvĕrĕus, a, um, adj. [pulvis].

  1. I. Of or containing dust, filled with or full of dust, dust-: nubes, clouds of dust, Verg. A. 8, 593: turbo, a whirlwind of dust, Claud. B. Get. 458: farina, fine as dust, Ov. Med. Fac. 61: solum, id. M. 7, 113: aequor, a battle-field filled with dust, Stat. Th. 11, 403: crinis, id. ib. 6, 7: circus, id. ib. 6, 493: aspectus, dusty, Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170: erat ex itinere anhelus et pulvereus, covered with dust, Pac. Pan. Theod. 34: pulverei et cinerosi mortui, App. M. 4, p. 150, 27.
  2. II. Act., that raises the dust: equi, Val. Fl. 4, 608: palla, Ov. M. 6, 705.

pulvĕrīzo, āre, v. a. [pulvis], to reduce to dust, to pulverize (late Lat.): turis pulverizati drachma, Veg. Vet. 1, 54.

pulvĕro, āre, v. n. and a. [id.].

  1. I. To scatter dust; to bestrew with dust, to dust: non (volo) hoc (vestibulum) pulveret (for pulveretur, should be full of dust, v. Gell. l. l.), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 4: se, Plin. 11, 33, 39, § 114.
    1. B. In partic., in vintagers’ lang., to cover the vines with dust, by digging up the soil (as a protection against the sun and mist): vineas, Col. 11, 2, 60: vites, Pall. 4, 7, 1; 7, 1, 2: uvas, Plin. 17, 9, 5, § 49.
  2. II. To reduce to powder, to pulverize: herbas, Calp. Ecl. 5, 88.

pulvĕrŭlentus, a, um, adj. [pulvis].

  1. I. Lit., full of dust, dusty: via, Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1: aestas, Verg. G. 1, 66: femina, Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 7: amnis, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 96; hence, also: Ceres, covered with dust in summer, Lucr. 5, 742: agmina, Verg. A. 4, 154.
  2. II. Trop., attended with labor: praemia militiae, i. e. toilsome, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 4: virtus, Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 3.

pulvillus, i, m. dim. [contr. from pulvinulus, from pulvinus], a little cushion, small pillow, Hor. Epod. 8, 16; Front. Ep. ad Ver. 1 Mai; App. M. 10, p. 248, 25.

pulvīnar (polv-), āris, n. [pulvinus],

  1. I. a couch made of cushions, and spread over with a splendid covering, for the gods and persons who received divine honors; a couch or cushioned seat of the gods (in the lectisternium, placed for the gods before their statues and altars): nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar deorum Tempus erat dapibus, Hor. C. 1, 37, 3; Liv. 5, 52, 6: aram et aediculam et pulvinar dedicare, Cic. Dom. 53, 136: quem Caesar majorem honorem consecutus erat, quam ut haberet pulvinar, simulacrum, etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110; cf. Suet. Caes. 76; so of Romulus, Ov. M. 14, 827; of Augustus, Suet. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 4: ad omnia pulvinaria supplicatio decreta est, before all the seats of the gods, i. e. in all the temples, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 23; so, decretum, uti supplicatio per triduum ad omnia pulvinaria haberetur, Liv. 22, 1, 15; cf. id. 30, 21; Tac. A. 14, 12: spectabat e pulvinari, the cushioned seat in the circus, Suet. Aug. 45: deorum pulvinaribus et epulis magistratuum fides praecinunt, i. e. at the lectisternia or feasts of the gods, Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.
    Poet.: macellum pingue pulvinarium, i. e. rich store of beasts for sacrifice, Prud. στεφ. 10, 1056: templa deformantur, pulvinaria proteruntur, App. M. 4, p. 155, 39.
  2. II. In gen., a sofa, cushioned seat, seat of honor, easy couch; of the couch or marriage-bed of Livia, Ov. P. 2, 2, 71; of Messalina, Juv. 6, 31; cf. geniale, Cat. 64, 47; of the imperial seat on the spina in the circus, Suet. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 4; Juv. 6, 31; Suet. Dom. 13: in summo pulvinaris locatus cenā poculisque inauguratur, App. M. 7, p. 191.

pulvīnāris, e, adj. [pulvinus], of or belonging to a cushion or pillow: pica, sitting on a cushion, Petr. 37.

pulvīnārĭum, ĭi, n.

  1. * I. A cushioned seat or couch of the gods (for the usual pulvinar), Liv. 21, 62.
  2. * II. An anchorage, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 27.

* pulvīnārĭus, a, um, adj. [pulvinar], of or belonging to the couches of the gods: macellum pingue pulvinarium, i. e. provision of beasts for sacrifice, Prud. στεφ 10, 1056 (yet pulvinarium is perh. gen. plur. of pulvinar).

pulvīnātus, a, um, adj. [pulvinus], cushion-shaped, having a swelling or elevation, swelling, elevated: pulvinatus calyx (juglandis), Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86: fissura (seminis palmae), id. 13, 4, 7, § 32: labrum scrobis, id. 17, 22, 35, § 168: capitula columnarum, cushion-shaped capitals, Vitr. 1, 2; 3, 3; hence, columnae, columns with cushion-shaped capitals, id. 4, 1 fin.

‡ pulvīnensis, is, f. [pulvinar], an epithet of Bellona, in whose chapel was a pulvinar, Inscr. Orell. 2317 sq.; Inscr. Fabr. p. 480; 540.

pulvīnŭlus, i, m. dim. [pulvinus], a little bank or bed of earth, Col. Arb. 10, 4.

pulvīnus, i, m., prop. an elevation.

  1. I. A cushion, bolster, squab, pillow to sit or lie upon: mane pulvinum, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 38: Crassum pulvinus poposcisse, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 29; id. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27; id. Fam. 9, 18, 4: epistula super caput in pulvino posita, Sall. J. 71, 4: epistulam pulvino subicere, Curt. 3, 6, 7; Nep. Pelop. 3, 2.
    1. B. Transf., a seat of honor: honestiorem te aut turpiorem potest facere pulvinus? Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 4; Cels. 3, 18; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16, 2; Suet. Tib. 73; id. Calig. 12; Mart. 3, 82, 7; Juv. 3, 154.
  2. II. An elevation in the fields, a raised border, ridge, bank, bed, Varr. R. R. 1, 35, 1; Col. 11, 3, 20; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159; 19, 4, 20, § 60; 22, 22, 34, § 76; Pall. 3, 24, 13; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 16.
  3. III. A bolstering or surbase of brick, to cover the joint between the walls and floor of a barn, Col. 1, 6, 13.
  4. IV. A sand-bank in the sea, Serv. Verg. A. 10, 302.
  5. V. A structure of stone in the water, upon which to erect a pillar, Vitr. 5, 12, 3.
  6. VI. A projecting part of a catapult, the pillow, bolster, Vitr. 10, 15.

pulvis, ĕris (nom. pulver, App. Herb. 35; Theod. Prisc. 1, 30; 2, 32; cf. Prisc. p. 707 P.), m. (fem., Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 sq.; Prop. 1, 22, 6; 2, 13, 35 (3, 5, 19); and also, masc., id. 1, 17, 23; 1, 19, 6; 4 (5), 9, 31).

  1. I. Lit., dust, powder: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.): fulva, id. ap. Non. 217, 13 (Ann. v. 319 ib.): si multus erat in calceis pulvis, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Lucr. 3, 381: pulveris nebula, id. 5, 254: Romani pulveris vim magnam animadvortunt, Sall. J. 53, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 26: qui (ventus) nubes pulveris vehit, Liv. 22, 43: prospectum oculorum nubes pulveris abstulerat, Curt. 4, 15, 32; 5, 13, 12; Sil. 2, 174: subitam nigro glomerari pulvere nubem Prospiciunt, Verg. A. 9, 33: pulvis collectus turbine, Hor. S. 1, 4, 31: pulverem Olympicum Collegisse, id. C. 1, 1, 3: crinis pulvere collines, id. ib. 1, 15, 20: pulvere sparsi juvenes, Phaedr. 4, 24, 22: tum caeco pulvere campus Miscetur, Verg. A. 12, 444: pulverem excutere, Ov. A. A. 1, 150: sedare, Phaedr. 2, 5, 18: movere, Quint. 5, 10, 81: excitare, Col. Arb. 12: glaebam in pulverem resolvere, id. 11, 2, 60: eruditus, the dust or sand in which mathematicians drew their figures, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 48; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 23, 64: formas in pulvere describere, Liv. 25, 31; Pers. 1, 131: amomi, dust, powder, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 69: carbonis, coal-dust, id. A. A. 3, 628.
    Poet.: Etrusca, i. e. soil, Prop. 1, 22, 6; so of potters’ earth, Mart. 14, 1021; 1141; of volcanic ashes: Puteolanus, pozzolana, Stat. S. 4, 3, 53; Sen. Q. N. 3, 20, 3; Plin. 35, 13, 47, § 166.
    Of the dust or ashes of the dead: pulvis et umbra sumus, Hor. C. 4, 7, 16 al.; cf.: pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, Vulg. Gen. 3, 19: hibernus, i. e. a dry winter, Verg. G. 1, 101.
    Esp.: pulvis belli, war: formosus pulvere belli, Mart. 8, 65, 3: duces Non indecoro pulvere sordidi, Hor. C. 2, 1, 22: in pulverem Martium tractus, Amm. 16, 1, 5: exercitus pulvere coalitus Martio, id. 21, 12, 22.
    In plur.: novendiales, Hor. Epod. 17, 48: cineris pulveres, Pall. 3, 25, 14 (cf. id. 11, 14, 15): pulverum mole degravante, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 83; cf. Gell. 19, 8, 13: natio ad pulveres Martios erudita, Amm. 23, 6, 83.
    Prov.: sulcos in pulvere ducere, to draw furrows in the sand, i. e. to give one’s self useless trouble, Juv. 7, 48: pulverem ob oculos aspergere, to throw dust in one’s eyes, i. e. to deceive, Gell. 5, 21, 4.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A place of contest, arena, lists: domitant in pulvere currus, Verg. A. 7, 163; Mart. 12, 83.
      1. 2. In gen., a scene of action, field (cf. arena): doctrinam ex umbraculis eruditorum in solem atque pulverem produxit, i. e. before the public, Cic. Leg. 3, 6, 14; cf. Hor. C. 1, 8, 4: educenda dictio est in agmen, in pulverem, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157: forensis pulvis, Quint. 10, 1, 33: inque suo noster pulvere currat equus, on his own field, within his own territory, Ov. F. 2, 360.
    2. B. Toil, effort, labor (poet.): cui sit condicio dulcis sine pulvere palmae, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 51.

pulviscŭlus, i, m. (neutr. collat. form pulviscŭlum, i, Vigilant. ap. Hier. adv. Vigil. 4), dim. [pulvis].

  1. I. Lit., small dust, fine powder (ante- and post-class.), Sol. 15 fin.; App. M. 9, p. 222, 23; id. Mag. p. 277, 7: si abaco et pulvisculo te dedisses, i. e. the mathematical sciences (v. pulvis, I.), id. ib. p. 284, 1: pulvisculi flabiles, Arn. 2, 49.
  2. II. Transf.: cum pulvisculo, dust and all, i. e. wholly, completely, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 7; id. Truc. prol. 19.