pellicula

pellĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [pellis], a small skin or hide:

haedina,

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

caprina,

Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 99. furtivae aurum Pelliculae, i.e. the golden fleece, Juv. 1, 11:

haedorum,

Vulg. Gen. 27, 16.—Prov.: pel [p. 1326] liculam curare, to take care of one's skin, i.e. to make much of one's self, Hor. S. 2, 5, 38 (for which:

cutem curare,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 29; 1, 4, 15):

memento in pelliculā, cerdo, tenere tuā,

i.e. stick to your last, keep within your own sphere, Mart. 3, 16, 6:

pelliculam veterem retinere,

i.e. to keep to one's old courses, Pers. 5, 116.—

2.

Transf., = scortum, Auct. Atell. Inc. IX.