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pūpilla (in the Tab. Heracl. lin. 4 and 5 abbrev. VP., i. e. PV. reversed, like O for Gaia and q for puella), ae, f. dim. [pupa].

  1. I. An orphan girl, a ward, minor, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 131; 2, 1, 58, § 153 et saep.
  2. II. The pupil of the eye, Lucr. 4, 249; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148; 7, 2, 2, § 16; Vulg. Deut. 32, 10 (in Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142, the true read. is pupula, as in App. 10, p. 255, 5).
    1. B. Transf., in gen., the eye, App. M. 3, p. 138, 39.

pūpillo, āre, v. n., to utter the natural cry of the peacock, Auct. Phil. 26.