pellis is, f
a skin, hide, felt, pelt: rugosa
(ranae), Ph.: caprina: pelles pro velis, Cs.: fulvique
insternor pelle leonis, V.: deformem pro cute pellem
aspice, Iu.—Prov.: Detrahere pellem, i. e. to expose one's real
nature, H.: Introrsum turpis, speciosus pelle
decorā, with a showy outside, H.: in
propriā pelle quiescere, to rest contented, H.—Tanned
hide, leather, skin: ruptā calceus alter Pelle
patet, Iu.: pecore compulso pellium nomine, to
obtain leather (for shields): pes in pelle natet, in the shoe, O.—In the
phrase, sub pellibus (because the winter tents were covered with skins), in winter
tents, in camp, C., Cs.—A leathern sandal-tie, shoe-latchet, H.
