Pulpa, pæ, f. g. Pli. The woode of al trees that may be separated or cleft by the greine of it, and is the same in timber that Musculus is in a mans bodie.In pulpam, & In orbem arboris secari, differunt. Plin. Pulpa. Pers. A muscle, or fleshie parte in the bodie of man or beast. A peece of flesh.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
pulpa, ae, f.I.Lit., the fleshy portion of animal bodies, solid flesh: spiritus non inter nervos et pulpas, sed in visceribus, Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 1; Cato, R. R. 83: pulpam voras, Mart. 3, 77, 6; cf. App. M. 2, p. 117, 30: pulpa est caro sine pinguedine, Isid. Orig. 11, 1.—II.Transf.A. (Cf. Gr. sa/rc, of sensuality.) Scelerata, i. e. corrupt human nature, Pers. 2, 62; cf. Aus. Ep. 4, 95.—B. Of persons: plebeiam numeros docere pulpam,
common people
, Aus. Ep. 4, 94.—C.The fleshy part, pulp of fruit, Scrib. Larg. 74; Pall. 4, 10 fin.—D.The pith of wood, Plin. 16, 38, 73, 184.
