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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.].
- 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.
- 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.).
- 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.
- 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].
- I. A little boy, Cic. Cael. 15, 36; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; Juv. 6, 34; Arn. 7, 215; Hier. Ep. 54, 4.
- 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].
- 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.
- 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].
- I. Act., to blister, to cause blisters or pustules; hence, mid., to blister, become blistered: ne usta pustulentur, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 16.
- 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].
- I. Lit.
- 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. Of the bubbles or blisters in bread, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. hetta, p. 99 Müll.
- 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.