different between pullus vs pullup

English

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

pullus (plural pulli)

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pul.lus/, [?p?l???s?]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /?pul.lus/, [?p?l??s]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pul.lus/, [?pul?us]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”) (also see Ancient Greek ????? (pôlos), English foal, Albanian pelë (“mare”), Old Armenian ??? (ul, “kid, fawn”)), which is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh?w- (“smallness”). See also Old English f?aw (“little, few”), Sanskrit ??? (pota, “young animal”) Lithuanian putytis (“young bird, young animal”).

Noun

pullus m (genitive pull?); second declension

1. A young animal
   1. chick, chicken
   2. foal
2. (term of endearment) darling

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• pull?rius
• pullastra
• pull?
• pullic?nus
• pullulus

Descendants

Etymology 2

Related to palle?.

Adjective

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

1. dark-colored, dark gray; dusky

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

See also

References

• pullus, i, m. in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pullus, a, um 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)
• pullus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• pullus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Alternative forms

• pull-up

Etymology

From the verb phrase pull up.

Noun

pullup (plural pullups)

1. An exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar.
2. (electronics) A pullup resistor.

Derived terms

• pullup resistor

See also

• chin-up
• push-up
• pull up (verb)