I.to cut the throat, to kill, slay, murder (class.).
I. Lit.: “cum jugulatur sus,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116: “cives optimos jugulari jussit,” id. Phil. 3, 2, 4: “se alicui tradere jugulandum,” id. Mil. 11, 31: “hominem crudeliter,” Cels. 1 praef. § “70: qui unum hominem jugulat,” Lact. 1, 18, 10.—Com. of hunger: “ita mi auctores fuere, ut egomet me hodie jugularem fame,” Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 3.—Also of diseases: “quartana neminem jugulat,” Cels. 3, 15: “id genus acutum est, et celeriter jugulat,” id. 3, 20, 3.—In a pun: “cur non Hunc Regem jugulas?” Hor. S. 1, 7, 35.—Pregn.: “tum rite sacratas in flammam jugulant pecudes,” slaughter and throw, Verg. A. 12, 214. —
II. Trop., to confute, convict, silence: “aliquem factis decretisque,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 64: “jugulari sua confessione,” id. ib. 2, 5, 64, § “166: jugulari suo gladio, suoque telo,” to be beaten with one's own weapons, foiled with one's own devices, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 35: “gladio plumbeo,” i. e. to overcome without difficulty, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2: “Falernum,” to adulterate, spoil, Mart. 1, 19, 5: “curas,” to drive away, banish, id. 8, 51, 26.