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pugillares

Dictionary entries

  • pugillaris, pugillaris, pugillare:

    Adjective · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser
    Dictionary:
    Lewis & Short

    = hand-holdable; that can be held in hand;

    Entry →
    acc. pl. (m./f.)
    nom. pl. (m./f.)
    voc. pl. (m./f.)
  • pugillaris, pugillaris:

    Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = writing-tablets (pl.); (those small enough to be held in the hand);

    Entry →
    acc. pl.
    nom. pl.
    voc. pl.

Examples

  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber XIV

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...docebo: Ut, si malueris, lemmata sola legas. III Pugillares citrei. Secta nisi in tenues essemus ligna tabellas, Essemus..."
  • G

    Liber IX

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM

    "...PLINIUS CALVISIO SUO S. Omne hoc tempus inter pugillares ac libellos iucundissima quiete transmisi. 'Quemadmodum' inquis 'in urbe..."
  • G

    Liber VII

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM

    "...studere debeas suadeo, studendi tempus abstulerim. Quin ergo pugillares resumis, et aliquid ex his vel istud ipsum quod..."
  • G

    Liber I

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM

    "...proximo non venabulum aut lancea, sed stilus et pugillares; meditabar aliquid enotabamque, ut si manus vacuas, plenas tamen..."

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