different between pullus vs pullups

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

Noun

pullups

1. plural of pullup

Anagrams

• pulls up