pupula

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

pūpŭla, ae, f. dim. [pupa].

I A girl , little lass , puppet; as a term of endearment, Ap. Met. 6, 16, 8; A PVPVLA, from the age of girlhood , Inscr. Orell. 3031.—

II The pupil of the eye , Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; Varr. ap. Non. 172, 5; Hor. Epod. 5, 40: duplex, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 15; Ap. Met. 10, 32, 20; acies ipsa, quae pupula vocatur, Cat. 65, 46.

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