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pŭella , ae (dat. and
I.abl. plur. puellabus, Cn. Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), f. puellus, a female child, a girl, maiden, lass.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “eam nunc puellam filiam ejus quaerimus,Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 77: “puellam parere,Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 14: “parvola puella,id. Eun. 1, 2, 29: “puella infans,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 99: “pueri atque puellae,id. S. 1, 1, 85; 2, 3, 130; Cic. Att. 1, 5, 6: “audi, Luna, puellas,Hor. C. S. 36: “puellarum chorus,id. C 2, 5, 21: pueri innuptaeque puellae, Verg. A. 6, 307.—
B. In partic.
1. A beloved maiden, a sweetheart, mistress (poet.): “vixi puellis nuper idoneus,Hor. C. 3, 26, 1: “proditor puellae risus ab angulo,id. ib. 1, 9, 22: “mendax,id. S. 1, 5, 82: “cara,id. Ep. 1, 18, 74: “blanda,Ov. Am. 2, 2, 34; Mart. 10, 109, 3 al.Transf., in jest, of a kitten, Mart. 1, 109, 16.—*
2. A daughter: “Danai puellae,Hor. C. 3, 11, 23.—
II. Transf., in gen., a young female, young woman, young wife (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “puellae Jam virum expertes,Hor. C. 3, 14, 10: “laborantes utero puellae,id. ib. 3, 22, 2: “viduae cessate puellae,Ov. F. 2, 557. So of Penelope, who was married, Ov. H. 1, 115; “of Antiope,Prop. 3, 13 (4, 14), 21; 34; “of Phædra,Ov. H. 4, 2; “of Helen,id. A. A. 1, 54 al.; “of the wife of a second husband,Stat. S. 1, 2, 163; “of Servilia, wife of the exiled Pollio,Tac. A. 16, 30; “of Octavia, wife of Nero,id. ib. 14, 64; cf. Gell. 12, 1, 4.—
B. A female slave (very rare), Hor. C. 4, 11, 10.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.5.6
    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 2.3
    • Horace, Satires, 1.1.85
    • Horace, Satires, 1.5.82
    • Tacitus, Annales, 16.30
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.13
    • Statius, Silvae, 1.2
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
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