English

Noun

pullus ‎(plural pulli)

1. (zoology) A chick; a young bird in the downy stage.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *pōlH- ‘animal young’ (also see Ancient Greek πῶλος ‎(pôlos), English foal, Albanian pelë ‘mare’, Old Armenian ուլ ‎(ul, “kid, fawn”)), which is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- ‎(“smallness”). See also Old English fēaw ‎(“little, few”), Sanskrit पोत ‎(pota, “young animal”) Lithuanian putytis ‎(“young bird, young animal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.lus/, [ˈpʊl.lʊs]

Noun

pullus m ‎(genitive pullī); second declension

1. chick
2. A young animal.
3. foal
4. (term of endearment) darling
5. (Late Latin) chicken

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• pullulus

Descendants

Etymology 2

Kindred with palleō.

Adjective

pullus m ‎(feminine pulla, neuter pullum); first/second declension

1. dark (coloured); dusky

Inflection

First/second declension.

References

• pullus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pullus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PULLUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pullus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• pullus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers