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21 spatha
spatha ae, f, σπάτηη, a broad sword with a double edge, sabre, Ta.* * *flat stirrer; broad-bladed sword; batten for beating woof; splint; palm spathe -
22 adplausus
flapping/beating of wings -
23 applausus
flapping/beating of wings -
24 caiatio
striking/cudgeling/beating of children -
25 deplango
deplangere, deplanxi, - V TRANSmourn by beating the breast; bewail, lament (L+S) -
26 festuca
straw; stalk (used in manumission); ram for beating down earth, piledriver -
27 pulsatilis
pulsatilis, pulsatile ADJproduced by beating; (Erasmus) -
28 spata
broad-sword; flat stirrer; batten for beating woof; splint; palm spathe -
29 verber
lash, whip; blows (pl.), a beating, flogging -
30 verberatus
beating; chastisement (Vulgate) -
31 extundo
I.to form by beating with a hammer, invent, devise.II.drive away, repel violently, extort. -
32 verbera
(in pl.) blows, a beating, thrashing -
33 baculum
băcŭlum, i, n. ( băcŭlus, i, m., rare, and not before the Aug. period; Ov. M. 2, 789; id. F. 1, 177; App. M. 7, p. 194, 30; Aus. Epigr. 53; Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 1; Vulg. Gen. 38, 25; id. Psa. 22, 4; cf. bacillum), [like baktron, from root ba- of baxô, bibaxô, bainô, to go = Sanscr. ga], a stick, staff, as a support in walking (class.; while scipio is a staff for ornament, and fustis a stick for beating; Doed. Syn. III. p. 266 sqq.; but later used in all these signiff.; cf.B.bacillum): proximus lictor, Sextius, converso baculo oculos misero tundere coepit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:baculum agreste,
Ov. M. 15, 655:pastorale,
Sil. 13, 334; Ov. M. 8, 218; 14, 655; 15, 659; 6, 27; 8, 693; id. F. 1, 177; Claud. Epigr. 2, 3; 2, 26; 2, 484:baculi crassitudo,
Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 255.— So, baculum (-us) et pera, staff and pouch, badges of Cynic philosophers, Mart. 4, 53; App. Mag. p. 288, 6; Aus. Epigr. 53 (cf. bactroperita); Cels. 8, 20; Vitr. 10, 6; Plin. 30, 14, 44, § 129 Gron.; cf.:in baculo me transivi Jordanum istum,
i.e. as a poor pilgrim, Vulg. Gen. 32, 10.—Also, the augural staff or lituus, Liv. 1, 18, 7.— A sceptre:baculum aureum (regis) berylli distinguebant,
Curt. 9, 1, 30; Flor. 3, 19, 10; cf. id. 4, 11, 3. —And of the sceptre on the stage, in tragic representations, Suet. Ner. 24 Oud.:corpora serpentum baculi violaverat ictu,
Ov. M. 3, 325; Col. 2, 20 (21), 4:summa papaverum capita dicitur baculo decussisse,
Liv. 1, 54, 6:baculorum subactiones,
blows with small staves, sticks, Vitr. 2, 4; 7, 3.—In eccl. Lat. from baculus; trop., a support, stay:2.an speras in baculo arundineo,
Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 21:baculum senectutis nostrae,
id. Tob. 10, 4.—As instrument of wrath, rod, Vulg. Isa. 10, 24. -
34 baculus
băcŭlum, i, n. ( băcŭlus, i, m., rare, and not before the Aug. period; Ov. M. 2, 789; id. F. 1, 177; App. M. 7, p. 194, 30; Aus. Epigr. 53; Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 1; Vulg. Gen. 38, 25; id. Psa. 22, 4; cf. bacillum), [like baktron, from root ba- of baxô, bibaxô, bainô, to go = Sanscr. ga], a stick, staff, as a support in walking (class.; while scipio is a staff for ornament, and fustis a stick for beating; Doed. Syn. III. p. 266 sqq.; but later used in all these signiff.; cf.B.bacillum): proximus lictor, Sextius, converso baculo oculos misero tundere coepit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:baculum agreste,
Ov. M. 15, 655:pastorale,
Sil. 13, 334; Ov. M. 8, 218; 14, 655; 15, 659; 6, 27; 8, 693; id. F. 1, 177; Claud. Epigr. 2, 3; 2, 26; 2, 484:baculi crassitudo,
Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 255.— So, baculum (-us) et pera, staff and pouch, badges of Cynic philosophers, Mart. 4, 53; App. Mag. p. 288, 6; Aus. Epigr. 53 (cf. bactroperita); Cels. 8, 20; Vitr. 10, 6; Plin. 30, 14, 44, § 129 Gron.; cf.:in baculo me transivi Jordanum istum,
i.e. as a poor pilgrim, Vulg. Gen. 32, 10.—Also, the augural staff or lituus, Liv. 1, 18, 7.— A sceptre:baculum aureum (regis) berylli distinguebant,
Curt. 9, 1, 30; Flor. 3, 19, 10; cf. id. 4, 11, 3. —And of the sceptre on the stage, in tragic representations, Suet. Ner. 24 Oud.:corpora serpentum baculi violaverat ictu,
Ov. M. 3, 325; Col. 2, 20 (21), 4:summa papaverum capita dicitur baculo decussisse,
Liv. 1, 54, 6:baculorum subactiones,
blows with small staves, sticks, Vitr. 2, 4; 7, 3.—In eccl. Lat. from baculus; trop., a support, stay:2.an speras in baculo arundineo,
Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 21:baculum senectutis nostrae,
id. Tob. 10, 4.—As instrument of wrath, rod, Vulg. Isa. 10, 24. -
35 caedes
caedes, is ( gen. plur. regularly caedium, Liv. 1, 13, 3; Just. 11, 13, 9; Flor. 3, 18, 14 al.;I.but caedum,
Sil. 2, 665; 4, 353; 4, 423; 4, 796; 5, 220; 10, 233; Amm. 22, 12, 1; 29, 5, 27; cf. Prisc. p. 771 P), f. [caedo].Lit.A.In gen., a cutting or lopping off (post-class. and rare):B.ligni atque frondium caedes,
Gell. 19, 12, 7:capilli, qui caede cultrorum desecti,
App. M. 3.—Esp. (acc. to caedo, I. B. 1.; cf. cado, I. B. 2.), a cutting down, slaughter, massacre, carnage; esp. in battle or by an assassin; murder (usu. class. signif. of the word in prose and poetry;2.esp. freq. in the histt. in Suet. alone more than twenty times): pugnam caedesque petessit,
Lucr. 3, 648:caedem caede accumulantes,
id. 3, 71: caedem ( the deadly slaughter, conflict) in quā P. Clodius occisus est, Cic. Mil. 5, 12:caedes et occisio,
id. Caecil. 14, 41:magistratuum privatorumque caedes,
id. Mil. 32, 87:cum in silvā Silā facta caedes esset,
id. Brut. 22, 85:notat (Catilina) et designat oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum,
id. Cat. 1, 1, 2:jam non pugna sed caedes erat,
Curt. 4, 15, 32:caedes inde, non jam pugna fuit,
Liv. 23, 40, 11:ex mediā caede effugere,
id. 23, 29, 15:cum caedibus et incendiis agrum perpopulari,
id. 34, 56, 10:silvestres homines... Caedibus et victu foedo deterruit Orpheus,
Hor. A. P. 392:magnā caede factā multisque occisis,
Nep. Epam. 9, 1:caedes civium,
id. ib. 10, 3:caedem in aliquem facere,
Sall. J. 31, 13; Liv. 2, 64, 3:edere,
id. 5, 45, 8; 40, 32, 6; Just. 2, 11:perpetrare,
Liv. 45, 5, 5:committere,
Ov. H. 14, 59; Quint. 5, 12, 3; 10, 1, 12; 7, 4, 43; Curt. 8, 2:admittere,
Suet. Tib. 37:peragere,
Luc. 3, 580:abnuere,
Tac. A. 1, 23:festinare,
id. ib. 1, 3:ab omni caede abhorrere,
Suet. Dom. 9: portendere, Sall.J. 3, 2; Suet. Calig. 57 et saep.; cf.in the poets,
Cat. 64, 77; Verg. A. 2, 500; 10, 119; Hor. C. 1, 8, 16; 2, 1, 35; 3, 2, 12; 3, 24, 26; 4, 4, 59; Ov. M. 1, 161; 4, 503; 3, 625; 4, 160; 5, 69; 6, 669.—The slaughter of animals, esp. of victims:II.studiosus caedis ferinae, i. e. ferarum,
Ov. M. 7, 675; so id. ib. 7, 809; cf.ferarum,
id. ib. 2, 442;15, 106: armenti,
id. ib. 10, 541:boum,
id. ib. 11, 371:juvenci,
id. ib. 15, 129:bidentium,
Hor. C. 3, 23, 14:juvencorum,
Mart. 14, 4, 1.—Meton.A.(Abstr. pro concreto.) The persons slain or murdered, the slain:B.caedis acervi,
Verg. A. 10, 245:plenae caedibus viae,
Tac. H. 4, 1.—Also meton. as in Gr. phonos, the blood shed by murder, gore, Lucr. 3, 643; 5, 1312:C.permixta flumina caede,
Cat. 64, 360:respersus fraternā caede,
id. 64, 181:madefient caede sepulcra,
id. 64, 368:tepidā recens Caede locus,
Verg. A. 9, 456:sparsae caede comae,
Prop. 2, 8, 34:caede madentes,
Ov. M. 1, 149; 14, 199; 3, 143; 4, 97; 4, 125; 4, 163; 6, 657; 8, 444; 9, 73; 13, 389; 15, 174.—An attempt to murder:D.nostrae injuria caedis,
Verg. A. 3, 256.—A striking with the fist, a beating (post-class.): contumeliosa, Don. Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:nimia,
id. ib. 4, 2, 19; 2, 1, 18. -
36 caiatio
cāiātĭo, ōnis, f. [caio], a striking, a cudgelling or beating of children, Fulg. Cont. Virg. p. 162 Munck. -
37 clades
clādes, is ( gen. plur. usu. cladium, Liv. 2, 63, 7; 5, 22, 8 et saep.:I. A.cladum,
Sil. 1, 41; 7, 505; 9, 353; 16, 672; Amm. 29, 1, 14; 32, 2, 1), f. [kindr. with Sanscr. klath, laedere; Gr. klaô, to break, break in pieces; cf.: per - cello, clava, gladius].In gen., destruction, devastation, injury, mischief, harm, misfortune, disaster, loss, detriment, calamity (cf.: calamitas, pernicies;B.class. and freq.): clades calamitasque, intemperies modo in nostram advenit domum,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 3:haec igitur subito clades nova pestilitasque Aut in aquas cadit aut fruges persidit in ipsas,
Lucr. 6, 1125:dare late cladem magnasque ruinas,
id. 5, 347:etsi cursum ingeni tui, Bruti, premit haec inportuna clades civitatis,
Cic. Brut. 97, 332:atque haec vetusta... Luctifica clades nostro infixa est corpori,
id. Tusc. 2, 10, 25:et illam meam cladem... maximum esse rei publicae volnus judicastis,
id. Sest. 13, 31:cum tibi ad pristinas cladis accessio fuisset Aetoliae repentinus interitus,
id. Pis. 37, 91:quod si primo proelio Catilina superior discessisset, profecto magna clades atque calamitas rem publicam oppressisset,
Sall. C. 39, 4:captae urbis Romanae clades,
Liv. 5, 21, 16:publica,
Tac. A. 14, 64:tum urbs tota eorum conruit et Taygeti montis magna pars... abrupta cladem eam insuper ruinā pressit,
Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191:plus populationibus quam proeliis cladium fecit (cf. B. 1. infra),
Liv. 8, 2, 8:quidve superbia spurcitia ac petulantia? Quantas Efficiunt clades!
Lucr. 5, 48:aliam quamvis cladem inportare pericli,
id. 5, 369:agrum omni belli clade pervastat,
Liv. 22, 4, 1:colonias belli clade premi,
Curt. 9, 7, 22:colonias omni clade vastare,
id. 4, 1, 10:majestas populi Romani... vastata cladibus fuerat,
Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132:per sex dies septemque noctes eā clade saevitum est,
of the burning of Rome, Suet. Ner. 38:quo tantae cladis pretio,
i. e. the burning of the Capitol, Tac. H. 3, 72; id. A. 13, 57:recens,
the destruction of the amphitheatre, id. A. 4, 63 sq.:Lugdunensis,
the burning of Lyons, id. ib. 16, 13 Nipp. ad loc.—With gen. obj.:si denique Italia a dilectu, urbs ab armis, sine Milonis clade numquam esset conquietura,
without ruining Milo, Cic. Mil. 25, 68: tum privatae per domos clades vulgatae sunt, the losses of particular families at Cannae, Liv. 22, 56, 4.— Poet.:cladibus, exclamat, Saturnia, pascere nostris,
Ov. M. 9, 176:Trojae renascens alite lugubri Fortuna tristi clade iterabitur,
Hor. C. 3, 3, 62.—Esp.1.In war or battle, a disaster, defeat, overthrow, discomfiture, massacre:2.ni pedites cum equitibus permixti magnam cladem in congressu facerent,
Sall. J. 59, 3:exercitatior hostis magnā clade eos castigavit,
Liv. 39, 1, 4:iret ut... subitā turbaret clade Latinos,
Verg. A. 12, 556:quodsi... supervenisset, ingens clades accipi potuit,
Curt. 4, 12, 15;so freq.: accipere cladem,
to be defeated, beaten, Liv. 3, 26, 3; 5, 11, 5; 8, 12, 17;22, 51, 11: apud Chaeroneam accepta,
Quint. 9, 2, 62:classe devictā multas ipsi lacrimas, magnam populo Romano cladem attulit,
Cic. N.D. 2, 3, 7:postquam is... contractae cladi superesset... fusa est Romana acies,
Liv. 25, 19, 16:omnibus pacis modo incurrisse agentibus magna clades inlata,
id. 29, 3, 8:non vulnus super vulnus sed multiplex clades,
id. 22, 54, 9: paene exitiabilem omnibus cladem intulit, Vell. 2, 112, 4:tantā mole cladis obrui,
Liv. 22, 54, 10:terrestri simul navalique clade obruebantur,
Curt. 4, 3, 14; Sen. Med. 207: clades illa pugnae Cannensis vastissima, Claud. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 5, 17, 5:binaque castra clade unā deleta,
Liv. 30, 6, 6:exercituum,
Tac. A. 3, 6; 3, 73; Sall. H. 1, 41, 5 Dietsch:quis cladem illius noctis fando Explicet,
Verg. A. 2, 362:Germanica,
Tac. H. 4, 12:Variana,
id. A. 1, 57:Pharsaliam Philippos et Perusiam ac Mutinam, nota publicarum cladium nomina loquebantur,
id. H. 1, 50. — Poet.:ut barbarorum Claudius agmina... diruit... Primosque et extremos metendo Stravit humum, sine clade victor (i.e. of his own men),
Hor. C. 4, 14, 32.—Of the plague:3.inque ipsos saeva medentes Erumpit clades,
Ov. M. 7, 562; cf.:sue abstinent merito cladis, quā ipsos scabies quondam turpaverat, cui id animal obnoxium,
Tac. H. 5, 4 Heraeus ad loc.—Of the loss of a limb:II.Mucius, cui postea Scaevolae a clade dextrae manūs cognomen inditum,
Liv. 2, 13, 1.—Transf.A.Of persons who bring destruction, etc., a destroyer, scourge, pest:B.geminos, duo fulmina belli, Scipiadas, cladem Libyae,
Verg. A. 6, 843:haec clades,
of Heliogabalus, Lampr. Heliog. 34, 1: illa, of immodest women as a class, id. Alex. Sev. 34, 4.—Of dissolute morals, corruption:fecunda culpae saecula nuptias inquinavere... Hoc fonte derivata clades In patriam populumque fluxit,
Hor. C. 3, 6, 19. -
38 conscribillo
conscrībillo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. dim. a. [conscribo], to scribble over, to scribble, scrawl upon (very rare; perh. only in the foll. exs.), Varr. ap. Non. p. 82, 30 sq. bis. — Meton., to mark by beating:nates mollicellas,
Cat. 25, 11. -
39 conscribo
I.To write together in a roll or list, to enroll; very freq. as a milit. t. t., of the levying of troops, Caes. B. G. 1, 10; 1, 24; 2, 2; 2, 8 et saep.; Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 7:II.cohortes veteranas tumulti causā,
Sall. C. 59, 5:inter septimanos conscribi,
Tac. H. 3, 25:inter nostros,
Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 40:conscripti in Ciliciam legiones,
Suet. Caes. 8; 24; id. Galb. 10:exercitum adversum aliquem,
Val. Max. 5, 4, 5.—And of the enrolment of colonists:decrevit senatus, ut C. Lentulus consul sex milia familiarum conscriberet, quae in eas colonias dividerentur,
Liv. 37, 46, 10.—So of enrolling in a particular class of citizens, to inscribe, choose:eodem tempore et centuriae tres equitum conscriptae sunt,
Liv. 1, 13, 8.—So the frequently occurring title of senators: Patres Conscripti (prop. Patres, conscripti, i. e. Patres et conscripti), chosen, elect, assembled fathers (lit. fathers and elect):traditum inde (sc. post reges exactos) fertur, ut in Senatum vocarentur, qui Patres quique Conscripti essent: Conscriptos videlicet in novum senatum appellabant lectos,
Liv. 2, 1, 11; cf. Fest. p. 254, 22 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 7, 5, and p. 41, 13 ib.; Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27; id. Planc. 35, 87; Nep. Hann. 12, 2; Liv. 3, 52, 6; 6, 26, 4; Dict. of Antiq.;and in imitation of this: di conscripti,
App. M. 6, p. 182, 35.—In a play upon words (censured by Quint.): ne Patres conscripti videantur circumscripti, Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 72.—Also in sing., of one senator:pater conscriptus,
Cic. Phil. 13, 13, 28; and absol., poet. in sing.: conscriptus, i, m., a senator: quod sit conscripti, quod judicis officium, * Hor. A. P. 314.—So also of the enrolling of the people for the purpose of bribery, Cic. Planc. 18, 45; 19, 47; id. Sest. 15, 34:rex me opere oravit maximo ut sibi latrones cogerem et conscriberem,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 76.—To put together in writing, to draw up, compose, write (class.).(α).With acc.:* (β).librum de consulatu, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 35, 132; cf. Nep. Lys. 4, 2:volumen,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 101:Topica Aristotelea,
id. Fam. 7, 19 init.; Ov. P. 2, 9, 73:lepidas tabellas,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 26:epistulam,
Cic. Att. 13, 50, 1:syngraphum inter me et amicam,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 1:imaginem,
to delineate, sketch, Stat. S. 3, 1, 117:legem (consules),
to draw up, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7; cf.edicta,
Suet. Tit. 6:condiciones,
Liv. 26, 24, 8; cf. id. 29, 12, 15:foedus,
id. 41, 24, 15:testamentum,
Suet. Claud. 44:fortunas alterius litteris,
Cic. Clu. 66, 186.—With rel.-clause:(γ).cum pluribus conscripsisset, qui esset optimus rei publicae status,
Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 11 Madv. N. cr. —With de:(δ).(illi), de quibus audivi et legi et ipse conscripsi,
Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Att. 12, 19, 2; Quint. 2, 11, 24:de ratione dicendi,
Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1.—With acc. and inf.: ut in ordinem se coactum conscriberet, write down, notice that he should be, etc., Suet. Claud. 38: omni personae quam dotem suscepisse cum marito conscribitur, Cod. Just. 5, 15, 3.—2.Esp., of physicians, to prescribe:B.pro salutaribus mortifera,
Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13.—Meton., to write something all over, to fill with writing (rare; mostly poet.):2.mensam vino,
Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17; cf.: epistolium lacrimis, * Cat. 68, 2.— Humorously, to mark by beating, to cudgel:conscribere aliquem totum stilis ulmeis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 132; cf. conscribillo.—With in and abl., to write upon, mark upon:signum sanguinis id est crucis in suā fronte,
Lact. 4, 26, 39. -
40 contundo
con-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (tunsum, Plin. 21, 27, 101, § 174; 28, 16, 62, § 221 al.), 3 ( perf. contūdit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P., or Ann. v. 482 Vahl.; but contŭdit, id. ap. Prisc. l. l., or Ann. v. 387 Vahl.), v. a., to beat, bruise, grind, crush, pound, break to pieces (syn.: confringo, debilito; very freq. and class. in prose and poetry; not in Quint.; for in 11, 2, 13, confudit is the better reading).I.Lit.A.In gen.: oleas in lentisco, Cato. [p. 461] R. R. 7, 4 (cited ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 60):B.thymum in pila,
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; cf.:radices ferreis pilis,
Col. 7, 7, 2: florem nullo aratro, * Cat. 62, 40:colla,
Col. 6, 2, 8; 6, 14, 3: classis victa, fusa, contusa, fugataque est, Inscr. ap. Liv. 40, 52, 6:aliquem male fustibus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 4; cf.:aliquem pugnis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 46; and:pugiles caestibus contusi,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:aliquem saxis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 98:pectus ictu,
Ov. M. 12, 85:faciem planā palmā (with caedere pectus pugnis),
Juv. 13, 128:contusi ac debilitati inter saxa rupesque,
Liv. 21, 40, 9:hydram,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:nares a fronte resimas,
to squeeze together, press in, Ov. M. 14, 96.—With acc. of part:asper equus duris contunditur ora lupatis,
Ov. Am. 1, 2, 15.— Poet. of the beating to pieces of crops by hail:vites grando,
Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 5 (cf. id. C. 3, 1, 29: non verberatae grandine vineae);and of lameness produced by disease, etc.: postquam illi justa cheragra Contudit articulos ( = debilitavit nodis),
id. S. 2, 7, 16 (cf. Pers. 5, 58: cum lapidosa cheragra fregerit articulos, has crippled).—In medic. lang.: contūsum ( - tun-sum), i, n., a bruise, contusion (cf. contusio), Scrib. Comp. 209; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136 sq. al.—II.Trop., to break, lessen, weaken, destroy, subdue, put down, baffle, check, etc. (syn.: frango, obtero, vinco): virosque valentes contudit crudelis hiems, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P.; cf. id. Ann. v. 387 and 482 Vahl.:corpora conturbant magno contusa labore,
Lucr. 4, 958:populos feroces,
Verg. A. 1, 264:ferocem Hannibalem,
Liv. 27, 2, 2:nostrae opes contusae hostiumque auctae erant,
Sall. J. 43, 5:contudi animum et fortasse vici,
Cic. Att. 12, 44, 3; cf.:animos feros placidā arte,
Ov. A. A. 1, 12:contudi et fregi exsultantis praedonis audaciam,
Cic. Phil. 13, 13, 29:calumniam et stultitiam (with obtrivit),
id. Caecin. 7, 18:regum tumidas minas,
Hor. C. 4, 3, 8:impetus,
id. ib. 3, 6, 10:ingenium patientia longa laborum,
Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 31:facta Talthybi,
i. e. to surpass by my own, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 33. (But in Lucr. 5, 692, concludit is the right reading, Lachm., Munro.)
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beating — n. 1) to give smb. a beating 2) to get, take a beating 3) a brutal, good, merciless, severe, vicious beating (he got a good beating) * * * [ biːtɪŋ] good merciless severe vicious beating (he got a good beating) a brutal … Combinatory dictionary
beating — [[t]bi͟ːtɪŋ[/t]] ♦♦♦ beatings 1) N COUNT If someone is given a beating, they are hit hard many times, especially with something such as a stick. ...the savage beating of a black motorist by white police officers... The team secured pictures of… … English dictionary
beating */ — UK [ˈbiːtɪŋ] / US [ˈbɪtɪŋ] noun [countable] Word forms beating : singular beating plural beatings 1) the act of hitting someone hard a number of times in a fight or as a punishment The man had been given a severe beating. 2) a bad defeat in a… … English dictionary
beating — beat|ing [ˈbi:tıŋ] n 1.) an act of hitting someone many times as a punishment or in a fight ▪ a brutal beating 2.) take a beating to lose very badly in a game or competition ▪ The Dodgers took a real beating on Saturday. →take some beating at… … Dictionary of contemporary English
beating — beat|ing [ bitıŋ ] noun count * 1. ) the act of hitting someone hard a number of times in a fight or as a punishment: The man had been given a severe beating. 2. ) a bad defeat in a game, competition, or election: It looked like Penn State was… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English