pellitus

pellītus, a, um, adj. [pellis], covered with skins, clad in skins: testes, i. e. the witnesses from Sardinia, where skins were used for clothing, Cic. Scaur. 22, 45 fin.; cf.:

pelliti Sardi,

Liv. 23, 40; Plin. 33, 11, 50, §

143: patres,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 110:

arator,

id. 4 (5), 1, 25:

pellitae oves,

sheep covered with skins for the sake of protecting their fine wool, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; Hor. C. 2, 6, 10:

habitus,

garments of skin, Prud. Psych. 226.