pipulus

pīpŭlum, i, n., and pīpŭlus, i, m. [pipo], a peeping, piping, chirping; hence,

I.

A whimpering, crying:

filioli,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 3 Mai.—

II.

An outcry, upbraiding:

te pipulo hic differam ante aedes,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 32; cf.:

pipulo te differam id est convicio, declinatum a pipatu pullorum,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll.: pipulo poscere, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 4.