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fustis , is (abl. fusti, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 21; id. Capt. 4, 2, 116; Val. Max. 6, 3, 9; Tac. A. 14, 8 al., or fuste, Hor. S. 1, 3, 134; 1, 5, 23; 2, 3, 112; Juv. 9, 98; Val. Max. 8, 1, 1; Dig. 9, 2, 7, § 1 al.), m. through the forms fonstis, fond-tis, from root of -fendo, found in offendo, defendo, etc.; cf.: mani-festus, in-festus, con-festim, festino; Gr. θείνειν, to strike, Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 255; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 190,
I.a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club (syn.: “sceptrum, scipio, ferula, baculum): tamquam si claudus sim, cum fusti est ambulandum,Plaut. As. 2, 4, 21; Varr. L. L. 5, § 137 Müll.: “severae Matris ad arbitrium recisos Portare fustes,Hor. C. 3, 6, 41; “for threshing out grain: ipsae spicae melius fustibus cuduntur,Col. 2, 20, 4. —Esp. for cudgelling: “auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 202: “male mulctati clavis ac fustibus,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94: “non opus est verbis, sed fustibus,id. Pis. 30, 73: si filius meus fustem mihi impingere volet? Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 9: “quos tu nisi fuste coërces,Hor. S. 1, 3, 134: “mulae caput fuste dolare,id. ib. 1, 5, 22: “fuste aperire caput,Juv. 9, 98: injuria committitur cum quis fuste percussus erit, Gai Inst. 3, 220: “fustium admonitio,Dig. 48, 19, 7.—And for beating to death, as a milit. punishment (v. fustuarium): “sorte ductos fusti necat,Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 5 Dietsch: “primipili centurionem ob turpem ex acie fugam fusti percussit,Vell. 2, 78 fin.; Tac. A. 3, 21; Front. S. 4, 1, 34 Oud.; Auct. B. Hisp. 27 fin.; Paul. Sent. 5, 18, 1; 5, 21, 1.—Hence: “formidine fustis (i. e. to be beaten to death) ad bene dicendum redacti,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 154.
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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 8.8.9
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.94
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 30.73
    • Horace, Satires, 1.3.134
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.8
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.21
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.1
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 2.4
    • Plautus, Captivi, 4.2
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.20.4
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 6.3.9
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