pullarius
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
Latin > English
pullarius pullari(i) N M :: keeper of the sacred chickens
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pullārĭus: a, um, adj. 1, pullus.
I Of or belonging to young animals: collectio, Veg. Vet. 1, 29; 2, 25, 1.—Facete: feles, a kidnapper of boys, qs. boy-mouser, catchboy, Aus. Ep. 70, 5.—
II Subst.
A pul-lārĭus, ĭi, m.
1 A man who fed the sacred chickens, the chicken-keeper, Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 3; Liv. 8, 30; 9, 14; 10, 40; Inscr. Orell. 2456; 3509. —In this signif. as adj.: DECVRIA PVLLARIA, i. e. of the pullarii, Inscr. Orell. 5010.—
2 In mal. part.: παιδεραστής, pullarius, Gloss. Philox.—
B Pullariam Plautus dixit manum dextram, Paul. ex Fest. p. 243 Müll. —
2 An island in the Adriatic near Istria, Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pullārĭus,¹³ a, um (pullus 1),
1 qui concerne les petits des animaux : Veg. Mul. 2, 25
2 [subst.] pullarius, ĭī, m., pullaire, celui qui a la garde des poulets sacrés : Cic. Div. 2, 72 ; Liv. 8, 30, etc. || decuria pullaria Inscr., décurie des pullaires.
Latin > German (Georges)
pullārius, a, um (pullus), zu jungen Tieren gehörig, Jungen-, I) adi.: collectio, Veget. mul. 1, 29: scherzh., feles, ein Mensch, der junge Knaben fängt u. verführt, Kindermarder, Auson. epigr. 70, 5: pullarii augures, Oros. 3, 22, 3. decurialis decuriae pullariae, ein Mitglied einer Dekurie der Hühnerwärter, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 1897 u. decuriales pullarii, ibid. 6, 1008. – II) subst. pullārius, iī, m., der die heiligen jungen Hühner fütterte u. aus ihrem Fressen od. Nichtfressen weissagte, der Hühnerwärter, Cic. u.a.
Latin > Chinese
pullarius, a, um. adj. (pullus.) :: 相小鷄食之兆
