pusio
From LSJ
τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἐνέπεσεν → out of the frying pan into the fire, from the frying pan into the fire
Latin > English
pusio pusionis N M :: boy; little boy (L+S); youth, lad
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pūsĭo: ōnis, m. pusus.
I A little boy, Cic. Cael. 15, 36; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; Juv. 6, 34; Arn. 7, 215; Hier. Ep. 54, 4.—
II Transf., a youth, lad: bellissimus, a pretty lad, App. M. 9, p. 220, 12.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) pūsĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, m. (pusus), petit garçon : Cic. Cæl. 36 ; Tusc. 1, 57.
Latin > German (Georges)
pūsio, ōnis, m. (pusus), der kleine Knabe, das Knäblein, Cic. u.a.: parvuli od. pueruli pusiones, Arnob. – scherzh. von einem Jünglinge, bellissimus ille pusio, saubere Bube, Bursche, Apul. met. 9, 7. – Pusio als Eigenname, Plin. 7, 75. Solin. 1, 88.
