Pellícula, pellículæ, pen. cor. Diminutiuum. Cic.A little thinne skinne or rime.Continere se in sua pellicula. Martial. To content himselfe with his owne condition: not to desire to assend higher.Veterem pelliculam retines. Per. Thou keepest still thine old fashion: thou art the old man still: thou hast still thine old skinne.Curare pelliculam. Hor. To cherish himselfe nicely.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
pellĭcŭla, ae, f.dim. [pellis], a small skin or hide: haedina, Cic. Mur. 36, 76: caprina, Plin. 30, 11, 30, 99. furtivae aurum Pelliculae, i.e. the golden fleece, Juv. 1, 11: haedorum, Vulg. Gen. 27, 16.—Prov.: pel liculam curare, to take care of one's skin, i.e. to make much of one's self, Hor. S. 2, 5, 38 (for which: cutem curare, id. Ep. 1, 2, 29; 1, 4, 15): memento in pelliculā, cerdo, tenere tuā, i.e.
stick to your last
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keep within your own sphere
, Mart. 3, 16, 6: pelliculam veterem retinere, i.e.
to keep to one's old courses
, Pers. 5, 116.—2.Transf., = scortum, Auct. Atell. Inc. IX.