pullarius

pullārĭus, a, um, adj. [1. pullus].

• Of or belonging to young animals: collectio, Veg. Vet. 1, 29; 2, 25, 1.—Facete: feles, a kidnapper of boys, qs. boy-mouser, catch-boy, 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.

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.

pullarius [CL] , poulterer. mercatores, piscatorii, ~ii sive aviarii [A. pulters], coqui Whittington Vulg. 66.

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.

pullarius , a, um. adj. (pullus.)
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pullārius ī, m

• 1 pullus, the feeder of the sacred fowls, chicken-keeper, chicken-ward, C., L.

PULLARIUS

PULLA´RIUS[AUGUR]

Pullarius

A person who had charge of the sacred chickens (pulli), and made predictions from the way in which they ate their food. See augur, p. 167.