pellĭcŭla, ae, 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.