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2. pūbes (nom. pubis, Prud. Cath. 7, 162), is, f. [1. pubes], the signs of manhood, i. e. the hair which appears on the body at the age of puberty, Gr. ἥβη.

  1. I. Lit.: si inguen jam pube contegitur, Cels. 7, 19: capillus et pubes, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The hair in gen.: ciliorum, Mart. Cap. 2, § 132.
    2. B. The private parts, Verg. A. 3, 427; Ov. Am. 3, 12, 22; Plin. 11, 37, 83, § 208; 28, 15, 60, § 215; App. M. 10, p. 254, 3.
    3. C. Collect., grown-up males, youth, young men (class.): omnem Italiae pubem, Cic. Mil. 23, 61; Verg. A. 5, 573: robora pubis Lecta, id. ib. 8, 518: Romana, Liv. 1, 9; Tac. A. 6, 1; id. H. 2, 47; Sil. 1, 667.
      Poet., transf., of bullocks, Verg. G. 3, 174.
      1. 2. In gen., men, people, population: pube praesenti, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 124; Cat. 64, 4; 268; 68, 101: Dardana, Verg. A. 7, 219: captiva, Hor. C. 3, 5, 18: Romana, id. ib. 4, 4, 46 al.
  3. III. Trop., fulness, ripeness: pube agri variorum seminum laeti, Amm. 24, 5, 1.