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pugnus , i, m. root pug-; v. pugil, pugno.
I. A fist: pugnus a punctione, id est percussu dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 219 Müll.: “manum plane comprimere pugnumque facere,Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145: “certare pugnis, calcibus, unguibus,id. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56: “pugnis contundere aliquem,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 46: “pugnum impingere alicui in os,id. Rud. 3, 4, 5: “pugnis onerare,id. Am. 1, 1, 72: “obtundere,id. ib. 2, 1, 59: “pugnos in ventrem ingerere,Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 95: “pugnum ducere alicui,to give one a blow with the fist, Dig. 47, 10, 4: “percusserit proximum suum pugno,Vulg. Exod. 21, 18.—Poet., of boxing: “neque pugno Neque segni pede victus,Hor. C. 3, 12, 8; 1, 12, 26: “Castor gaudet equis, ovo prognatus eodem Pugnis,id. S. 2, 1, 27. —
II. Transf., as a measure, a fistful, handful, Cato, R. R. 82; Marc. Emp. 8 med.: “pugnus aeris,Sen. Ira, 3, 33, 1.
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    • Old Testament, Exodus, 21.18
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.56
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.1
    • Plautus, Rudens, 3.4
    • Horace, Satires, 2.1.27
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 3.3
    • Seneca, de Ira, 3.33.1
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.27
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