pusio

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

pūsĭo, ōnis, m. [pusus].

I A little boy , Cic. Cael. 15, 36; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; Juv. 6, 34; Arn. 7, 215; Hier. Ep. 54, 4.—

II Transf., a youth , lad : bellissimus, a pretty lad , Ap. Met. 9, 7, 14.

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