I.covered with skins, clad in skins: testes, i. e. the witnesses from Sardinia, where skins were used for clothing, Cic. Scaur. 22, 45 fin.; cf.: “pelliti Sardi,” Liv. 23, 40; Plin. 33, 11, 50, § “143: patres,” Prop. 4 (5), 1, 110. “arator,” id. 4 (5), 1, 25: “pellitae oves,” sheep covered with skins for the sake of protecting their fine wool, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; Hor. C. 2, 6, 10: “habitus,” garments of skin, Prud. Psych. 226.
pellītus , a, um, adj. pellis,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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