colaphum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →colaphus, colaphi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
blow with fist; buffet, cuff; box on ear (L+S);
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
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..."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..."
