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pipulum

pīpŭlum, i, n., and pīpŭlus, i, m. [pipo], a peeping, piping, chirping; hence,
  • I A whimpering, crying: filioli, Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 3 Mai.—
  • II An outcry, upbraiding: te pipulo hic differam ante aedes, Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 32 (446); cf.: pipulo te differam id est convicio, declinatum a pipatu pullorum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll.: pipulo poscere, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 4.

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