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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.
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.
* pŭellĭtor, āri, v. dep. n. [id.], to commit lewdness, Laber. ap. Non. 490, 22 dub.
pŭellŭla, ae, f. dim. [puella], a little girl, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 31; Cat. 61, 57, and 182 and 188; Hier. in Isa. 3, 7, 14.
pŭellus, i, m. dim. [contr. from puerulus, from puer], a little boy (ante-class.): formosus puellus, Lucil. ap. Non. 158, 18; Enn. ib. 158, 20 (Ann. v. 278 Vahl.); Varr. ib. 158, 15; 23; 24; Plaut. ap. Fest. p. 249 Müll.; Lucr. 4, 1252; Poët. ap. Gell. 19, 11, 4; cf. Suet. Calig. 8; App. M. 7, p. 197, 10.