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1. posca (pusca, Veg. Vet. 2, 48), ae, f. [perh. πόω, poto], an acidulous drink of vinegar and water, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 23; id. Truc. 2, 7, 48; Cels. 4, 5 fin.; Plin. 27, 4, 12, § 29; 28, 5, 14, § 56; Scrib. Comp. 46; Suet. Vit. 12; Spart. Hadr. 10; cf.: posca, ὀξύκρατον, πόσις, Gloss. Philox.

pūs, pūris, n. [Sanscr. pu-, to be fetid; Gr. πῦον, πύθω, etc.].

  1. I. Lit., white and viscous matter of a sore, pus, Cels. 5, 26, 20; 5, 28, 8.
    In plur.: pura, Plin. 24, 16, 92, § 145; 35, 6, 21, § 38.
  2. II. Transf., as designation of a malicious person: Titus Lucius … febris, senium, vomitum, pus, Lucil. ap. Non. 2, 31: Rupili pus atque venenum, Hor. S. 1, 7, 1.

* pŭsa, ae, f. [pusus], a girl, Pompon. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll.

pŭsillănĭmis, e, adj. [pusillus-animus], faint-hearted, timid, pusillanimous (post-class.): pusillanimes consolari, Vulg. 1 Thess. 5, 14; Tert. Fug. in Pers. 9; Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 1, 20; Sid. Ep. 7, 17 fin.

pŭsillănĭmĭtas, ātis, f. [pusillanimis], faintheartedness, timidity, pusillanimity (post-class.): spiritus, Vulg. Psa. 54, 8: animi, Lact. de Ira Dei, 5.

pŭsillĭtas, ātis, f. [pusillus], littleness, smallness (post-class.), Tert. adv. Herm. 14: intellegentiae, Lact. Opif. D. 1: animi, id. ib. 6, 17, 17: meae pusillitatis auctoritas, Hier. Ep. 152.

pŭsillŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [id.], very little, very small: vineae, Ambros. Cantic. 2, 62; id. Psa. 118, Serm. 11, 29: pueri, Varr. ap. Non. 214, 25 dub. (al. pusilli, as also ib. 133, 18).

pŭsillus, a, um, adj. dim. [pusus], very little, very small, petty, insignificant (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: pueri, Cato, R. R. 157, 10: testis, Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 145; cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 69: terra homines nunc educat pusillos, Juv. 15, 70: mus, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 15: villula valde pusilla, Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1: folia (herbae), Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162: epistula, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23: pusilli et contempti libelli, id. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185: cui satis una Farris libra foret, gracili sic tamque pusillo, Hor. S. 1, 5, 69: vox, small, thin, weak, Quint. 11, 3, 32: habuimus in Cumano quasi pusillam Romam, Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2.
    Comp.: maritus quovis puero pusillior, App. M. 5, p. 163, 5: pusillo animo, Vulg. Col. 3, 21.
    Absol.: pŭsillum, i, n., a very little, a trifle: nactus pusillum laxamenti, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3: aphaca pusillo altior lenticula est, a trifle taller, Plin. 27, 5, 21, § 38: pusillum a vero discedere, a little, Quint. 8, 6, 28; cf. Cato, R. R. 90: post pusillum, after a little, Vulg. Judith, 13, 11; id. Luc. 22, 58.
  2. II. Trop., little, small, petty, paltry: animus, a petty spirit, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4: Siculus ille capitalis, creber, acutus, brevis, paene pusillus Thucydides, id. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; Mart. 3, 62, 8: pusilli animi, little courage, diffidence, Hor. S. 1, 4, 17: ingenium, Mart. 9, 51, 1: causa, trifling, Ov. R. Am. 730: res (opp. grandes), Quint. 11, 3, 151: quod dixi tamen, hoc leve et pusillum est, Mart. 4, 43, 9: causidicus, Juv. 10, 121.

pūsĭo, ōnis, m. [pusus].

  1. I. A little boy, Cic. Cael. 15, 36; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; Juv. 6, 34; Arn. 7, 215; Hier. Ep. 54, 4.
  2. II. Transf., a youth, lad: bellissimus, a pretty lad, App. M. 9, p. 220, 12.

pūsĭŏla, ae, f. dim. [pusa], a little girl, Prud. στεφ. 3, 19.

pustŭla, ae, f. [pus; cf. pusula].

  1. I. Upon the skin, a blister, pimple, pustule: eruptiones quaedam pustularum, et ulcuscula, Sen. Ep. 72, 6; Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 238; 20, 13, 51, § 141 (pusula in both cases, Jahn); Tib. 2, 3, 9 (passula, M.); Mart. 11, 98.
  2. II. Upon other things, a bubble, blister, e. g. in boiling water, in lime, on earthen-ware, etc., Vitr. 7, 2; Plin. 20, 18, 86, § 203 (pusula, Jahn); 37, 7, 26, § 98 (pusulis, Jahn); Mart. 8, 51, 6.

pustŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [pustulo], a breaking out into pustules, pustulation, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 16; id. Tard. 5, 1.

pustŭlātus, a, um, v. pusulatus.

pustŭlesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [pustulo], to break out into pustules, Cael. Aur. Acut. 5, 1.

pustŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [pustula].

  1. I. Act., to blister, to cause blisters or pustules; hence, mid., to blister, become blistered: ne usta pustulentur, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 16.
  2. II. Neutr., to blister, break out into blisters, Tert. Hab. Mul. 6.

pustŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [pustula], full of blisters or pustules: locus, Cels. 5, 26, 31.

pūsŭla, ae, f. [another form for pustula, q. v., from pus].

  1. I. Lit.
      1. 1. Upon the skin, a blister, pimple, pustule, Cels. 5, 28, 15; Plin. 20, 6, 21, § 44; 21, 15, 55, § 93; 25, 13, 109, § 173: magis ignosco ei, qui volnus inimici quam qui pusulam concupiscit, Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4; Mart. 14, 167, 1.
      2. 2. Of the bubbles or blisters in bread, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. hetta, p. 99 Müll.
  2. II. Transf., in pastoral lang., the erysipelas, St. Anthony’s fire, Col. 7, 5, 16.

pūsŭlātus and pustŭlātus, a, um, adj. [pusula and pustula], blistered, i. e. refined, purified: argentum pusulatum, Dig. 19, 2, 31; also, argentum pustulatum, Suet. Ner. 44; Mart. 7, 86, 7.

pūsŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [pusula], full of blisters, pimples, or pustules: pecus, Col. 7, 5, 17.

pūsus, i, m. [puer], a boy, a little boy, Pompon. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll.