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pūmĭlĭo (collat. form pūmĭlo , Stat. S. 1, 6, 57), ōnis, comm. pumilus,
I.a dwarf, pigmy: “necari a non armato pumilione,Mart. 1, 43, 10: “scutum pumilionis erit,id. 14, 213, 2.—Of women: parvula, pumilio (est) Χαρίτων μία, tota merum sal, Lucr. 4, 1162.—Prov.: “pumilio, licet in monte, non est magnus,Sen. Ep. 76, 31.—Transf., of fowls, Col. 8, 2, 14; bantams, Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156; “of plants,id. 11, 49, 108, § 260; 12, 2, 6, § 13; 17, 22, 35, § 176.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.1162
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 12.13
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 76.31
    • Statius, Silvae, 1.6
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.2.14
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