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pūpilla (in the Tab. Heracl. lin. 4 and 5 abbrev. VP., i. e. PV. reversed, like O for Gaia and q for puella), ae, f. dim. pupa.
I. An orphan girl, a ward, minor, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 131; 2, 1, 58, § 153 et saep.—
II. The pupil of the eye, Lucr. 4, 249; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148; 7, 2, 2, § 16; Vulg. Deut. 32, 10 (in Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142, the true read. is pupula, as in App. 10, p. 255, 5).—
B. Transf., in gen., the eye, App. M. 3, p. 138, 39.
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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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.131
    • Old Testament, Deuteronomy, 32.10
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.249
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.16
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.57
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