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pēlĭcātus (pelli-, paeli-), ūs, m. [paelex], the cohabiting with a kept mistress, concubinage: ab ea est propter pelicatus suspitionem interfectus, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25: Arinis uxorem pelicatus dolore concitatam, id. Scaur, 6, 9, B. and K. (Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 689 P.): matris, id. Clu. 5, 13; Just. 7, 4, 7; Vulg. Lev. 18, 18.

‡ pellĭcātor, qui pellicit ad fraudem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.

pellĭcātus, v. pelicatus.

pellĭcĕo, ēre, v. pellicio.

pellĭcĕus, a, um, v. pellicius.

pellĭcĭo or perlĭcĭo, lexi, lectum, 3 (collat. form pellĭcĕo, ēre, Charis. p. 217 P.; Diom. p. 364 ib., prob. on account of the perf. pellicuit, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 877 ib.), v. a. [per-lacio], to allure, entice, inveigle, decoy, coax, wheedle, etc.

  1. I. Lit. (class.): pellexit, in fraudem induxit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 207 Müll.; Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 68: is senem per epistolas Pellexit, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18: mulierem imbecilli consilii pellexit ad se, Cic. Fl. 30, 72: animum adulescentis, id. Clu. 5, 13: populum in servitutem, Liv. 4, 15 fin.: qui Chaucos ad deditionem pellicerent, Tac. A. 11, 19: militem donis, populum annonā, cunctos dulcedine otii pellexit, id. ib. 1, 2: Florus pellicere alam equitum, ut, etc., id. ib. 3, 42: animas instabiles, Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 14.
    Poet.: nec poterat quemquam placidi pellacia ponti Subdola pellicere in fraudem ridentibus undis, Lucr. 5, 1005; 6, 1001.
    1. B. Transf.: alienam segetem (alienas fruges, etc.), to draw away the fruits of another’s land to one’s own by incantations and magical arts, Serv. Verg. E. 8, 99; Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 41.
  2. II. Trop.: meā quidem sententiā multo majorem partem sententiarum sale tuo et lepore et politissimis facetiis pellexisti, have brought over to your side, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243.

pellĭcĭus (pellĭcĕus), a, um, adj. [pellis],

  1. I. made of skins: tunicam et stragula pellicia habere, Dig. 34, 2, 25: tunica, Pall. 1, 43: sella, Lampr. Elag. 4; Vulg. Gen. 3, 21; id. Matt. 3, 4.
  2. II. Subst.: pellĭcĭ-um, βαίτη, Gloss. Philox.

‡ pellĭco, āre, v. n. [pellex], to be a rival: pellico, ζηλεύω, Gloss. Philox.

pellĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [pellis], a small skin or hide: haedina, Cic. Mur. 36, 76: caprina, Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 99. furtivae aurum Pelliculae, i.e. the golden fleece, Juv. 1, 11: haedorum, Vulg. Gen. 27, 16.
Prov.: pel liculam curare, to take care of one’s skin, i.e. to make much of one’s self, Hor. S. 2, 5, 38 (for which: cutem curare, id. Ep. 1, 2, 29; 1, 4, 15): memento in pelliculā, cerdo, tenere tuā, i.e. stick to your last, keep within your own sphere, Mart. 3, 16, 6: pelliculam veterem retinere, i.e. to keep to one’s old courses, Pers. 5, 116.

    1. 2. Transf., = scortum, Auct. Atell. Inc. IX.

* pellĭcŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [pellicio], an alluring enticement, Fest. p. 242 Müll.; v. Meyer Orat. Fragmm. pp. 147 and 148.

pellĭcŭlo, āre, v. a. [pellis], to cover over with skins: opercula vasorum, Col. 12, 39, 2: vas, id. 12, 46, 5: pelliculare, δερματῶσαι, ὑποδερματίζειν, Gloss. Philox.

pellĭger, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [pellis-gero], clad in skins or furs, Ven. Fort. 9, 5 (al. belligeri).

Pellĭnaeum, i, n., a city in Thessaly, Liv. 36, 10; 13; 14.

pellĭnus, a, um, adj. [pellis], made of skins: femoralia, Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. M. 3, 28 Mai.

pellĭo, ōnis, m. [pellis], a furrier: supellex pellionis, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 52; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 24; Dig. 50, 6, 6; Cod. Th. 13, 4, 2.

pellĭon, ii, n., a plant, called also daphnoides, App. Herb. 58.

‡ pellĭōnārĭus, ii, m. [pellio], one who prepared skins for the use of soldiers, a military furrier, Inscr. Don. cl. 2, n. 1.

‡ pelliris, e, adj. [pellis], made of skin: galerus, quia fiebat ex pelle, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.

pellis, is (abl. sing. pelle; but pelli, Lucr. 6, 1270; App. Mag. 22), f. [Gr. πέλλα, πέλας, skin; cf. ἐρυσίπελας, ἐπιπολή, surface; also, πλατύς, and Lat. palam], a skin, hide (of a beast), whether on the body or taken off; a felt, pelt, etc.

  1. 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.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Leather: ruptā calceus alter Pelle patet, Juv. 3, 150.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. D. Parchment: pellibus exiguis artatur Livius ingens, on little parchments, Mart. 14, 190, 1.
    5. E. A drum: pelles caedere, Min. Fel. 24, 4.

pellītus, a, um, adj. [pellis], 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.