pugilis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pugilus, pugili:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
handful, a amount that can be held in the hand/fist;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →pugil, pugilis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
boxer, pugilist;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
De grammaticis
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...didicit, glossemata nobis Praecipit: os nullum, vel potius pugilis! Q. Remmius Palaemon, Vicetinus, mulieris verna, primo, ut ferunt..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ostendisse dicitur Simonides, cuius vulgata fabula est: cum pugili coronato carmen, quale componi victoribus solet, mercede pacta scripsisset..."
