I.the collar-bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, Cels. 8, 1, § 70: “uni homini juguli, humeri: ceteris armi,” Plin. 11, 43, 98, § 243.—
II. Transf., hence, the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone: “quod jugula concava non haberet,” Cic. Fat. 5, 10.—
B. The throat: “jugulum perfodere,” Tac. A. 3, 15: “resolvere,” Ov. M. 1, 227: “recludere stricto ense,” id. ib. 7, 285: “tenui jugulos aperire susurro,” Juv. 4, 110: “demittere gladium in jugulum,” Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28: dare or praebere, to present the throat, sc. to be cut, as was done by conquered gladiators, Cic. Mil. 11: “offerre alicui,” Tac. H. 1, 41: “porrigere,” Hor. S. 1, 3, 89.—
III. Trop.
A. A slaughter, murder: “Electrae jugulo se polluere,” Juv. 8, 218.—
B. Petere, to aim at the throat, i. e. to attack the main point of one's argument, Quint. 8, 6, 51: “jugulum causae premere,” Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 14.
