1. pellis — de Vaan
pellis 'skin, hide' [f, i] (P1.+) Derivatives: pellicula 'skin, hide' (Lucil.+), pellitus 'covered with skins' (Varro+), — [de Vaan, s.v. pellis, p. 469]
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pellis
pellis
skin, hide
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Where it lives
- Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
- Avidius Cassius 1 · 3.83/10k
- Divus Claudius 1 · 3.37/10k
- Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
- Tacitus 1 · 3.24/10k
- Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 2.88/10k
- Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
- Eclogues 1 · 2.2/10k
- Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 1 · 1.82/10k
- de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
- Contra Symmachum 2 · 1.66/10k
- Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
Densest 12 of 51 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. pellis — Lewis & Short
pellis, is (
I abl. sing. pelle;
but pelli,Lucr. 6, 1270; App. Mag. 22), f. Gr. pe/lla, pe/las, skin; cf. e)rusi/pelas, e)pipolh/, surface; also, platu/s, and Lat. palam, a skin, hide (of a beast), whether on the body or taken off; a felt, pelt, etc.
I Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: inaurata arietis, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 285 Vahl.):
rana rugosam inflavit pellem,Phaedr. 1, 23, 4; Col. 6, 13, 2:
nationes caprarum pellibus vestitae,Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 11; cf.:
quam tu numquam vides nisi cum pelle caprinā,Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82:
pelles pro velis,Caes. B. G. 3, 13:
fulvique insternor pelle leonis,Verg. A. 2, 722:
pelles perficere,Plin. 24, 11, 56, § 94:
pelles candidas conficere,id. 13, 6, 13, § 55:
pecudes aureas habuisse pelles tradiderunt,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6.—Poet., of the human skin:
frigida pellis Duraque,Lucr. 6, 1194:
ossa atque pellis tota est,Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 28; id. Capt. 1, 2, 32:
pellis nostra,Vulg. Thren. 5, 10; id. Job, 10, 11; 19, 20: pellem habere Hercules fingitur, ut homines cultus antiqui admoneantur. Lugentes quoque diebus luctus in pellibus sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 207 Müll.; cf.:
deformem pro cute pellem aspice,Juv. 10, 192.—Prov.: detrahere pellem, i. e. to pull off the mask which conceals a person's faults, Hor. S. 2, 1, 64:
introrsum turpis, speciosus pelle decorā,with a showy outside, id. Ep. 1, 16, 45: cf. Pers. 4, 14: in propriā pelle quiescere, to be content with one's own state or condition, Hor. S. 1, 6, 22 (v. pellicula):
caninam pellem rodere, said of lampooning a slanderer,Mart. 5, 60, 10:
pellem pro pelle, et cuncta quae habet homo dabit pro animā suā,Vulg. Job, 2, 4:
si mutare potest Aethiops pellem suam,id. Jer. 13, 23.—
II Transf.
A Leather:
ruptā calceus alter Pelle patet,Juv. 3, 150.—
B A garment, article of clothing made of skin, Col. 1, 8; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 19:
pes in pelle natet,in the shoe, id. A. A. 1, 516; Pers. 5, 140.—
C A tent for soldiers (because it was covered with skins); usually in the phrase sub pellibus, in the camp:
ut non multum imperatori sub ipsis pellibus otii relinquatur,Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:
sub pellibus milites contineri non possent,Caes. B. G. 3, 29 fin.:
(Caesar) sub pellibus hiemare constituit,id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.; cf. Liv. 37, 39:
durare sub pellibus,id. 5, 2; Tac. A. 13, 35; 14, 38:
pellium nomine,for covering shields, Cic. Pis. 36, 87.—
D Parchment:
pellibus exiguis artatur Livius ingens,on little parchments, Mart. 14, 190, 1.—
E A drum:
pelles caedere,Min. Fel. 24, 4.
3. pellis — Walde–Hofmann
pellis, -is f. „Fell, Haut, Pelz® (seit Enn., rom., ebenso pellärius m. ,Fellhündler* seit Firm., pellicews „aus Fell“ seit Dig., pellicula f. [-um n. Cypr. Call. nach praepütium; zur Bed. s. Housman Herm. 66, 410, Samuelsson Gl, 6, 246] „kleine Haut“ seit Lucil. (davon peiliculo, -üre seit Colum.] und *pellämen [nach velämen?]; vgl. noch pellinus „aus Fell“ seit Iul, Val. [ == got. filleins usw., s. u.], 18* -— 276 … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. pellis, p. 1181]
Where it came from
- Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. pellis (scan p. 469; entry #1288).
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. pellis (scan p. 517; entry #8466).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. pellis (scan pp. 1181-1182; entry #1977).
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