pilosus

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

pĭlōsus, a, um, adj. [1. pilus],

hairy , shaggy (syn.: villosus, setosus): ovis ventrem habet pilosum, Varr. R. R. 2, 2: genae, Cic. Pis. 1, 1: pilosiora folia, Plin. 20, 16, 64, § 172: ursis asperior pilosiorque, Auct. Priap. 47: nares, Juv. 14, 194: Esau, Vulg. Gen. 27, 11. —Hence, as subst.: pĭlōsus , i, m., a shaggy person or creature , esp. a satyr , Vulg. Isa. 13, 21; 34, 14.

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