I.the signs of manhood, i. e. the hair which appears on the body at the age of puberty, Gr. ἥβη.
II. Transf.
A. The hair in gen.: “ciliorum,” Mart. Cap. 2, § 132.—
B. The private parts, Verg. A. 3, 427; Ov. Am. 3, 12, 22; Plin. 11, 37, 83, § 208; 28, 15, 60, § 215; App. M. 10, p. 254, 3.—
C. Collect., grown-up males, youth, young men (class.): “omnem Italiae pubem,” Cic. Mil. 23, 61; Verg. A. 5, 573: “robora pubis Lecta,” id. ib. 8, 518: “Romana,” Liv. 1, 9; Tac. A. 6, 1; id. H. 2, 47; Sil. 1, 667.—Poet., transf., of bullocks, Verg. G. 3, 174.—
2. In gen., men, people, population: “pube praesenti,” Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 124; Cat. 64, 4; 268; 68, 101: “Dardana,” Verg. A. 7, 219: “captiva,” Hor. C. 3, 5, 18: “Romana,” id. ib. 4, 4, 46 al.—