Lewis & Short

pūpŭla, ae, f. dim. [pupa].

  1. I. A girl, little lass, puppet; as a term of endearment, App. M. 6, p. 174, 37: A PVPVLA, from the age of girlhood, Inscr. Orell. 3031.
  2. II. The pupil of the eye, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; Varr. ap. Non. 172, 5; Hor. Epod. 5, 40: duplex, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 15; App. M. 10, p. 255, 5: acies ipsa, quae pupula vocatur, Cat. 65, 46.