noun
pīpŭlum
Meaning
- a peeping
pīpŭlum, i, n., and pīpŭlus, i, m. pipo,
I. 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.