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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pullŭlus: a, um, adj. 3. pullus,
I blackish, dusky, gray: terra, Col. 2, 2, 19.
pullŭlus: i, m.
dim. id..
I A young animal, a chick, young dove, etc.; as a term of endearment, dove, chick, etc., App. M. 8, p. 577.—
II Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Plin. 17, 10, 12, § 65.