Aluta, alútæ, pen. prod. Cæsar. Plin. Soft leather tawed: a bag or a purse.Alutarius.Plaut.A white tawer.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ălūta, ae, f., orig. adj. (sc. pellis) [prob. from alumen], a kind of soft leather, prob. prepared by means of alum.I.Lit.: alutae tenuiter confectae, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: nigra, Mart. 7, 35.—Hence, II.That which is made of it.A.A shoe: nivea, Ov. A. A. 3, 271: nigra, Juv. 7, 192: rupta, Mart. 12, 26.—B.A purse or pouch: tumidā superbus alutā, Juv. 14, 282.—C.A patch put on the face for ornament, Ov. A. A. 3, 202.