pus

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

pūs, pūris, n. [Sanscr. pu-, to be fetid; Gr. πῦον, πύθω, etc.].

I Lit., white and viscous matter of a sore, pus , Cels. 5, 26, 20; 5, 28, 8.—In plur.: pura, Plin. 24, 16, 92, § 145; 35, 6, 21, § 38.—

II Transf., as designation of a malicious person: Titus Lucius ... febris, senium, vomitum, pus, Lucil. ap. Non. 2, 31: Rupili pus atque venenum, Hor. S. 1, 7, 1.

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