Latin

Noun

pellis f ‎(genitive pellis); third declension

1. (anatomy) pelt, hide, animal skin
2. (mycology) the outside of a sporocarp

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Derived terms

• pellicula
• pellārius
• pelliceus
• centipellio
• versipellis

Descendants

References

• pellis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pellis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pellis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• pellis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pellis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin