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pŭella, ae (dat. and abl. plur. puellabus, Cn. Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), f. [puellus], a female child, a girl, maiden, lass.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: eam nunc puellam filiam ejus quaerimus, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 77: puellam parere, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 14: parvola puella, id. Eun. 1, 2, 29: puella infans, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 99: pueri atque puellae, id. S. 1, 1, 85; 2, 3, 130; Cic. Att. 1, 5, 6: audi, Luna, puellas, Hor. C. S. 36: puellarum chorus, id. C 2, 5, 21: pueri innuptaeque puellae, Verg. A. 6, 307.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. A beloved maiden, a sweetheart, mistress (poet.): vixi puellis nuper idoneus, Hor. C. 3, 26, 1: proditor puellae risus ab angulo, id. ib. 1, 9, 22: mendax, id. S. 1, 5, 82: cara, id. Ep. 1, 18, 74: blanda, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 34; Mart. 10, 109, 3 al.
        Transf., in jest, of a kitten, Mart. 1, 109, 16.
      2. * 2. A daughter: Danai puellae, Hor. C. 3, 11, 23.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., a young female, young woman, young wife (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): puellae Jam virum expertes, Hor. C. 3, 14, 10: laborantes utero puellae, id. ib. 3, 22, 2: viduae cessate puellae, Ov. F. 2, 557. So of Penelope, who was married, Ov. H. 1, 115; of Antiope, Prop. 3, 13 (4, 14), 21; 34; of Phædra, Ov. H. 4, 2; of Helen, id. A. A. 1, 54 al.; of the wife of a second husband, Stat. S. 1, 2, 163; of Servilia, wife of the exiled Pollio, Tac. A. 16, 30; of Octavia, wife of Nero, id. ib. 14, 64; cf. Gell. 12, 1, 4.
    1. B. A female slave (very rare), Hor. C. 4, 11, 10.

pŭellāris, e, adj. [puella], of or belonging to a girl or young woman, girlish, maidenly, youthful: animi, of the youthful companions of Proserpine, Ov. F. 4, 433: plantae, of Europa when carried off, id. ib. 5, 611: anni, Tac. A. 14, 2: aetas, Quint. 6, prooem. § 5; cf. Vulg. Num. 30, 4: suavitas, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 2: augurium, which young wives institute respecting their accouchement, Plin. 10, 55, 76, § 154.
Hence, adv.: pŭellārĭter, in a girlish manner, girlishly: puellariter aliquid nescire, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 1: rapere comas, Mart. Cap. 1, § 88.

* pŭellārĭus, ii, m. [puella], a lover of girls, Petr. 43, 8.

* pŭellasco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [id.], to become a girl, i.e. to grow girlish or effeminate: etiam veteres puellascunt et multi pueri puellascunt, Varr. ap. Non. 154, 8 sq.

* pŭellātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [puella], of or belonging to children: tibiae, children’s pipes, Sol. 5.