pellĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [pellis],
I 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.: pelliculam 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 , 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.