Pellis, huius pellis, fœm. gen. Cicer.A skinne: a fell: an hide: a pelt.Asperæ pelles. Hor. Atræ pellis duritia.Ouid.Lanatæ pelles. Col. Sheepes felles with the wool on them.Decora pelle speciosus. Hor. Lutea pellis. Pers. Ouina, Vide Ouinus in OVIS. Deformis pellis.Iuuen.Pastoria.Ouid.A sheepeheards pelt.Frigida. Lucr. Rigidæ pelles. Claud. Fulua pellis leonis.Virg. Villosæ. Ouid. Lurida pelle amicta ossa. Hor. Aret pellis.Virg.The skinne is parched.Comans pellis.Val. Flac.Detrahere pellem alicui. Hor. To flea.Erepta iuuenco pellis.Virg.A bullockes skinne fleade of.Pictis pellibus incinctæ.Virg.Stratis pellibus incubuit.Virg.Insternor pelle leonis.Virg.Perficere pelles. Plin. Ponunt pellem senectæ dracones.Ouid.Serpents cast their olde skinne.Producere pelles dentibus, Vide PRODVCO.Quiescere in propria pelle. Horatins. To be at quiet in his owne skinne: to hold him content with his owne state and condition.Dura pellis ad tactum resistit.Virg.Tunsa per integram soluuntur viscera pellem.Virg.Vti pellibus, & spolijs ferarum vestire corpus. Lucr. Sub pellibus.Cic.In campe: in theyr tentes or panillions.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
pellis, is (abl. sing. pelle; but pelli, Lucr. 6, 1270; App. Mag. 22), f. [Gr. pe/lla, pe/las, skin; cf. e)rusi/pelas, e)pipolh/, surface; also, platu/s, and Lat. palam], a skin, hide (of a beast), whether on the body or taken off; a felt, pelt, etc. I.Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: inaurata arietis, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 285 Vahl.): rana rugosam inflavit pellem, Phaedr. 1, 23, 4; Col. 6, 13, 2: nationes caprarum pellibus vestitae, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 11; cf.: quam tu numquam vides nisi cum pelle caprinā, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82: pelles pro velis, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: fulvique insternor pelle leonis, Verg. A. 2, 722: pelles perficere, Plin. 24, 11, 56, 94: pelles candidas conficere, id. 13, 6, 13, 55: pecudes aureas habuisse pelles tradiderunt, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6.—Poet., of the human skin: frigida pellis Duraque, Lucr. 6, 1194: ossa atque pellis tota est, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 28; id. Capt. 1, 2, 32: pellis nostra, Vulg. Thren. 5, 10; id. Job, 10, 11; 19, 20: pellem habere Hercules fingitur, ut homines cultus antiqui admoneantur. Lugentes quoque diebus luctus in pellibus sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 207 Müll.; cf.: deformem pro cute pellem aspice, Juv. 10, 192.—Prov.: detrahere pellem, i. e. to pull off the mask which conceals a person's faults, Hor. S. 2, 1, 64: introrsum turpis, speciosus pelle decorā,
with a showy outside
, id. Ep. 1, 16, 45: cf. Pers. 4, 14: in propriā pelle quiescere, to be content with one's own state or condition, Hor. S. 1, 6, 22 (v. pellicula): caninam pellem rodere, said of lampooning a slanderer, Mart. 5, 60, 10: pellem pro pelle, et cuncta quae habet homo dabit pro animā suā, Vulg. Job, 2, 4: si mutare potest Aethiops pellem suam, id. Jer. 13, 23.—II.Transf.A.Leather: ruptā calceus alter Pelle patet, Juv. 3, 150.—B.A garment, article of clothing made of skin, Col. 1, 8; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 19: pes in pelle natet,
in the shoe
, id. A. A. 1, 516; Pers. 5, 140.—C.A tent for soldiers (because it was covered with skins); usually in the phrase sub pellibus, in the camp: ut non multum imperatori sub ipsis pellibus otii relinquatur, Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4: sub pellibus milites contineri non possent, Caes. B. G. 3, 29 fin.: (Caesar) sub pellibus hiemare constituit, id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.; cf. Liv. 37, 39: durare sub pellibus, id. 5, 2; Tac. A. 13, 35; 14, 38: pellium nomine,
