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Menander, Monostichoi, 267

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pūpŭla: ae, f.
dim. pupa.
I A girl, little lass, puppet; as a term of endearment, App. M. 6, p. 174, 37: A PVPVLA, from the age of girlhood, Inscr. Orell. 3031.—
II The pupil of the eye, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; Varr. ap. Non. 172, 5; Hor. Epod. 5, 40: duplex, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 15; App. M. 10, p. 255, 5: acies ipsa, quae pupula vocatur, Cat. 65, 46.