puls
- plural of pul.
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The name Pulsatilla is a diminutive of the Latin puls, a pottage, as made from pulse, and used at sacrificial feasts.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
Pulse, puls, n. grain or seed of beans, pease, &c.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Thus Alcman uses πόλτος for puls; are we to suppose that this word was so early brought over from Italy?
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
Exactly the same sound was intended to be reproduced in the "bilbit amphora" of Nævius, the "glut glut murmurat unda sonans" of the Latin Anthology, and the "puls" of Varro.
