I.to beat black-andblue (mostly post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “oculi ex ictu suffusi cruore et sugillati,” Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 100: “athleta, qui numquam sugillatus est,” Sen. Ep. 13, 2: oculos patri, perh. to knock out, Varr. ap. Non. 171, 13. — Part. perf. as subst.: sūgillāta , ōrum, n. (sc. loca), black-and-blue spots, bruises: “allium sugillata aut liventia ad colorem reducit,” black-and-blue spots, Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 55: “caseus recens cum melle sugillata emendat,” id. 28, 9, 34, § 132. —
II. Trop.
A. To flout, jeer, taunt, scoff at, insult, revile: “viros sugillatos, repulsos,” Liv. 4, 35, 10: “Sulla repulsa praeturae sugillatus est,” Val. Max. 7, 5, 5: “crudelitatem alicujus,” id. 3, 2, 1; 5, 3, 4: “noli sugillare miserias,” Petr. 128: “pudorem,” Dig. 2, 4, 10, § 12: “opinionem alicujus,” ib. 44, 4, 4, § 16; to annoy, Vulg. Luc. 18, 5.—*
B. = to beat into one, i. e. to suggest: verba alicui, Prud. στεφ. 10, 999.
