pellitus

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

pellītus, a, um, adj. [pellis],

covered with skins , clad in skins : testes, i. e. the witnesses from Sardinia , where skins were used for clothing, Cic. Scaur. 22, 45 fin. ; cf.: pelliti Sardi, Liv. 23, 40; Plin. 33, 11, 50, § 143: patres, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 110: arator, id. 4 (5), 1, 25: pellitae oves, sheep covered with skins for the sake of protecting their fine wool , Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 20; Hor. C. 2, 6, 10: habitus, garments of skin , Prud. Psych. 226.

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