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|lshtext=<b>pūs</b>: pūris, n. Sanscr. pu-, to be [[fetid]]; Gr. [[πῦον]], [[πύθω]], etc..<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[white]] and [[viscous]] [[matter]] of a [[sore]], pus, Cels. 5, 26, 20; 5, 28, 8.—In plur.: pura, Plin. 24, 16, 92, § 145; 35, 6, 21, § 38.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., as [[designation]] of a [[malicious]] [[person]]: [[Titus]] [[Lucius]] ... [[febris]], [[senium]], vomitum, pus, Lucil. ap. Non. 2, 31: Rupili pus [[atque]] [[venenum]], Hor. S. 1, 7, 1.
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