fullo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

fullo, ōnis, m.

I A fuller , cloth-fuller , Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 34; Plin. 28, 6, 18, § 66; Mart. 6, 93, 1; Dig. 12, 7, 2; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162 al.—In mal. part.: comprimere fullonem, Nov. ap. Prisc. p. 879 P. (Com. Rel. v. 95 Rib.); hence: pugil Cleomachus intra cutem caesus et ultra, inter fullones Novianos coronandus, Tert. Pall. 4.—

B The title of a comic poem written by Laberius , Gell. 16, 7, 3.—

C A Roman surname , Liv. 33, 24.—

II A beetle with white spots , Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 100.