pulchellus

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

pulchellus or pulcellus, a, um, adj. dim. [1. pulcher],

I beautiful little : Bacchae (i. e. Baccharum statuae), Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2; ironic.: audiamus pulcellum puerum, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262; Ap. Met. 8, 26, 3 Bip.—

II Pulchellus , contemptuous surname given to Clodius , in mockery of his surname Pulcher, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 4; 2, 22, 1; cf. Val. Max. 3, 5, 3.

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