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pūpilla (in the Tab. Heracl. lin. 4 and 5 abbrev. VP., i. e. PV. reversed, like O for Gaia and q for puella), ae, f. dim. [pupa].

  1. I. An orphan girl, a ward, minor, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 131; 2, 1, 58, § 153 et saep.
  2. II. The pupil of the eye, Lucr. 4, 249; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148; 7, 2, 2, § 16; Vulg. Deut. 32, 10 (in Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142, the true read. is pupula, as in App. 10, p. 255, 5).
    1. B. Transf., in gen., the eye, App. M. 3, p. 138, 39.

pūpillāris, e, adj. [pupillus], of or belonging to an orphan or ward, pupilary: pecuniae, the money of a ward, Liv. 24, 18 fin.: actiones, in behalf of orphans, Quint. 12, 6, 1: aetas, minority, Suet. Aug. 66 fin.: substitutio, the naming of an heir in case of the death of an orphan, Just. Inst. 2, 16; hence such a will is called pupillare testamentum, Dig. 28, 6, 2; or, pupillares tabulae, ib. 28, 6, 36 fin.: praedium, ib. 27, 9, 13.
Subst.: pūpillāris, is, comm., the heir named in place of a deceased orphan: substitutus, Dig. 28, 10, 5.
Adv.: pūpillā-rĭter, in place of an orphan: substituere aliquem, Cod. Just. 6, 30, 20.

‡ pūpillātus, ūs, m. [pupillus], orphanage, wardship, pupilage: TVTOR A PVPILLATV, a guardian of orphans, Inscr. Orell. 2880.

pūpillo, āre, v. n., to utter the natural cry of the peacock, Auct. Phil. 26.

pūpillus, i, m. dim. [pupulus], an orphan boy, an orphan; also, a ward (cf.: tutor, tutela), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 130; id. de Or. 3, 41, 165; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 123; 1, 1, 22; Suet. Claud. 23; id. Galb. 9; Inscr. Tab. Heracl. lin. 4 sq.; Juv. 6, 628; Dig. 50, 16, 239; Vulg. Exod. 22, 22; id. Jacob. 1, 27.