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colaphum

Dictionary entries

  • colaphus, colaphi:

    Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = blow with fist; buffet, cuff; box on ear (L+S);

    Entry →
    acc. sg.
    gen. pl.

Examples

  • D

    Satura IX

    Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE

    "...Rauola dum Rhodopes uda terit inguina barba? [nos colaphum incutimus lambenti crustula seruo.] non erit hac facie miserabilior..."
  • M

    Liber VI

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...quendam scio qui humiliori libere adversus se loquenti "colaphum" inquit "tibi ducam, et formulam scribes quod caput durum..."

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