pumilio

== Latin == === Etymology === From pūmilus +‎ -iō. Sometimes interpreted as formed by analogy with Ancient Greek Πυγμαῖοι (Pugmaîoi, “the Pigmies”), from πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”), but problematic. If so, ultimately cognate also with pugnus (“fist”). === Noun === pūmiliō m or f (genitive pūmiliōnis); third declension dwarf ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “pumilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pumilio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.