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pellitus

pellitus · adj

covered with skins

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What it meant

1. pellītus — Lewis & Short

pellītus, a, um, adj.pellis,

I covered with skins, clad in skins: testes, i. e. the witnesses from Sardinia, where skins were used for clothing, Cic. Scaur. 22, 45 fin.; cf.: pelliti Sardi, Liv. 23, 40; Plin. 33, 11, 50, § 143: patres, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 110. arator, id. 4 (5), 1, 25: pellitae oves, sheep covered with skins for the sake of protecting their fine wool, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; Hor. C. 2, 6, 10: habitus, garments of skin, Prud. Psych. 226.

2. pellitus — Walde–Hofmann

pellitus ,fellbedeckt* seit Cato bzw. Varro (pelleätus de. Paul. Nol. nach pilleätus, Heraeus Kl. Schr. 35", pellíó m. ,Kürschner* seit Pit. [ebenso Cogn. Pelliö], pellirem. 'galérum. qui fiebat ex pelle Paul. Fest. p. 204 [wenn richtig überl, dissimiliert aus *peili-lis, Leumann-Stolz$ 235; doch ist die Glosse wrsch. verderbt, s. Lindsa Gloss. IV S. 213]; Komp: pellesuina f. ,Kürschnerladen* Varro l.l. 8, 55 … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. pellitus, p. 1182]

Where it came from

  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. pellitus (scan pp. 1182-1187; entry #1978). Root candidates: *pel-, *el-, *da-.

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