I.what one can hold in the fist, a handful: “lentis pugillus,” Cato, R. R. 158; Plin. 20, 22, 89, § 242; Prud. Cath. 10, 152: “melior est pugillus cum requie,” a very little, Vulg. Eccl. 4, 6.
pŭgillum , δρὰξ χειρός, Gloss. Lat. Gr.), dim. pugnus,