pugio+t

pŭgĭo, ōnis, m. [root pug of pungo; cf.: pugil, pugna].

A short weapon for stabbing, a dagger, dirk, poniard: pugio dictus est, quod eo punctim pugnatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 235 Müll.:

Caesare interfecto statim cruentum alte extollens M. Brutus pugionem, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28:

cruentum pugionem tenens,

id. ib. 2, 12, 30: pugione percussus, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2:

fodere aliquem pugione,

Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.:

pugione ferire, Auct. B. Alex. 52: strictis pugionibus peti,

Suet. Caes. 82.—Worn by the emperors, to denote their power of life and death, Suet. Galb. 11; id. Vit. 15 fin.; Tac. H. 3, 68;

likewise by the praefectus praetorio,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 13; Lampr. Comm. 6 fin. —Worn by the chief officers in the army as a military badge of distinction, Tac. H. 1, 43; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3.—

Transf., the title of a book or roll of the names of persons proscribed by Caligula, Suet. Calig. 49.—

Trop.: o plumbeum pugionem! O leaden dagger! i. e. O weak argument! Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 48.

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ensis, is, m. [Sanscr. root as-, asyati, hurl; asi, sword], a sword, brand.

Prop. (almost exclusively in the poets; synon. with gladius, acc. to Quint. 10, 1, 11; cf.

also spatha, acinaces, sica, mucro, pugio),

Lucr. 5, 1293; Cic. poët. ap. Gell. 15, 6, 3; and id. N. D. 2, 63 fin.; Tib. 1, 3, 47; 1, 10, 1:

ensem haesurum jugulo puto,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 484; Verg. A. 2, 393; 553 et saep.; Liv. 7, 10, 9.—

Meton.

War, Sil. 7, 167; Stat. S. 4, 7, 45; cf.:

lateque vagatur ensis, i. e. slaughter,

Luc. 2, 102.—

For defensor:

MARCELLO ROMANORVM ENSI,

Inscr. Momms. 1984.—

Royal sway, Luc. 5, 61.—

Ensis, the constellation Orion, Val. Fl. 2, 68; cf. ensifer. [p. 648]

glădĭus, ĭi, m. (also archaic glă-dĭum, ii, n., Lucil. ap. Non. 208, 13; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 81 Müll.; Quint. 1, 5, 16; v. gladiola under gladiolus, I.) [perh. akin to clades, cardo; cf. kladasai, to brandish], a sword (syn. the poet. ensis, acc. to Quint. 10, 1, 11; cf. also: spatha, acinaces, sica, pugio).

Lit.:

arripuit gladium,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 7; id. Cas. 2, 4, 28:

eripite isti gladium, quae sui est impos animi,

id. Cas. 3, 5, 9: succincti gladiis media regione cracentes, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 53 Müll. (Ann. v. 497 Vahl.): contecti gladiis, id. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 4, 230 (Ann. v. 415 ib.):

occursat ocius gladio comminusque rem gerit Varenus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 11:

pila miserunt, celeriterque gladios strinxerunt,

drew, id. B. C. 3, 93, 1:

gladium stringere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21; Verg. A. 12, 278:

destringere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 2; 7, 12 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 46, 1; 1, 47, 3; Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; id. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Liv. 27, 13, 9 et saep.:

educere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 8; Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3; Sall. C. 51, 36; cf.:

educere e vagina,

Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

nudare,

Ov. F. 2, 693:

recondere in vaginam,

Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.

condere,

Quint. 8 praef. §

15: xiphion gladi praebet speciem,

Plin. 25, 11, 89, § 138.—

Prov.

Suo sibi hunc gladio jugulo, fight him with his own weapons, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 35; cf.

the same,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 82.—

Cum illum (Clodium) plumbeo gladio jugulatum iri tamen diceret (Hortensius), i. e. with very little trouble, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2. —

Ignem gladio scrutare, stir the fire with a sword (= pur machairai skaleuein, Pythag. ap. Diog. Laert. 8, 17), Hor. S. 2, 3, 276.—

Gladium alicui dare qui se occidat, to give one the means of ruining himself, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92.—

Transf.

Murder, death:

cum tanta praesertim gladiorum sit impunitas,

Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 10, 2, 1; Vell. 2, 3, 3; 2, 125, 2;

gladiorum licentia,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9 fin.; id. 2, 22, 2:

qui universas provincias regunt, jus gladii habent,

i. e. the power of life and death, Dig. 1, 18, 6, § 8:

potestas gladii,

ib. 2, 1, 3; Capitol. Gord. 9.—

A gladiatorial combat:

qui cum maxime dubitat, utrum se ad gladium locet an ad cultrum,

Sen. Ep. 87 med.:

comparare homines ad gladium,

Lact. 6, 12 fin.:

servus ad gladium vel ad bestias vel in metallum damnatus,

Dig. 29, 2, 25.—

Gladius vomeris, a ploughshare, Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 172.—

The sword-fish, also called xiphias (xiphias), Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3; 9, 15, 21, § 54; 32, 11, 53, § 145.

index, dĭcis, com. [1. indico], he who ( that which) points out, a pointer, indicator (class.).

Lit.

Of things.

Of the forefinger, index-finger.

With digitus:

indice monstraret digito,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 26; Isid. Orig. 11, 1, 70.—

Alone:

sed plane pollex, non index,

Cic. Att. 13, 46, 1. —

In gen., an index, sign, mark, indication, proof:

complexus, summae benevolentiae falsi indices in amore simulato,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

quia continetis vocem, indicem stultitiae vestrae,

id. Rab. Perd. 6, 18: auctoris anulus index, Ov. P. 2, 10, 3:

lacrimas paenitentiae indices profuderunt,

Curt. 5, 10, 13:

herbae horarum indices heliotropium ac lupinum,

Plin. 18, 27, 67, § 252:

imago animi vultus, indices oculi,

Cic. Or. 18, 60:

Janum indicem pacis bellique fecit,

Liv. 1, 19, 2.—

Of persons.

In gen., one who indicates or discloses, a discoverer, director, guide, informer, discloser, witness:

haec omnia indices detulerunt, rei confessi sunt,

Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 5:

Sestius ab indice Cn. Nerio de ambitu est postulatus,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5; id. Clu. 7, 21:

immittere ad rei probationem,

Just. 32, 2 fin.:

idem et testis,

Tac. A. 4, 28.—

Esp., in a bad sense, an informer, betrayer, spy:

Catilinam vallatum indicibus atque sicariis,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

saeptus armatis indicibus,

id. Sest. 44, 95; id. Vat. 10, 24.—

Transf.

Of books.

A title, superscription:

deceptus indicibus librorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

alteri (libello) Gladius, alteri Pugio index erat,

Suet. Cal. 49:

index orationis P. Scipionis nomen M. Naevii habet,

Liv. 38, 56. —

An index, catalogue, table, list, summary:

ut non indicem certe ex bibliotheca sumptum transferre in libros suos possit,

Quint. 10, 1, 57:

philosophorum,

Sen. Ep. 39, 2; cf. Gell. 3, 3, 1:

hactenus omnia jura quasi per indicem tetigisse satis est,

Gai. Inst. 3, 54:

quasi per indicem rem exponere,

id. ib. 4, 15:

fungar indicis partibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 2.—

Of paintings or statues, an inscription:

nec quaeris, quid quaque index sub imagine dicat,

Tib. 4, 1, 30:

tabula in aedem Matris Matutae cum indice hoc posita est, etc.,

Liv. 41, 28, 8.—

Of a touchstone:

in durum silicem, qui nunc quoque dicitur Index,

Ov. M. 2, 706.

ob-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (and tunsum), 3, v. a.

To strike or beat against, at, or on a thing; to beat, thump, belabor (very rare;

perh. only ante- and post-class.): pectora pugnis, Firm. Math. 5, 5: obtundit os mihi,

breaks my jaw, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 50; cf.:

obtunso ore,

id. ib. 5, 1, 8; cf.:

nam sum obtusus pugnis pessume,

id. Am. 2, 1, 59.—

To blunt, dull, by striking.

Lit. (very rare):

telum,

Lucr. 6, 399:

gladios,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 166.—

Transf.

To blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength:

aciem oculorum,

Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 142:

auditum,

id. 24, 11, 50, § 87:

obtusus stomachus,

id. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

vocem,

to blunt, weaken, Lucr. 4, 613:

ingenia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

et obtusis ceciderunt viribus artis,

Lucr. 3, 452; Liv. 7, 2:

mentem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80:

ingenia,

id. de Or. 3, 24, 93:

nihil est quod tam obtundat elevetque aegritudinem, quam. etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34.—

Aures or aliquem, or simply obtundere, to stun or din the ears; to deafen one by saying a thing too often or too long; hence, to annoy or tease with importunity; aures graviter obtundo tuas, ne quem ames, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120: ne brevitas [p. 1248] defraudasse aures videatur, neve longitudo obtudisse, Cic. Or. 66, 221:

aliquem longis epistulis,

to annoy, molest, id. Att. 8, 1:

aliquem,

id. Fam. 5, 14, 3:

rogitando,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6.—With object-clause: obtuderunt ejus aures, te socium praetoris fuisse, they dinned into him that, etc., Timarch. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 157.— With subj.:

non cessat obtundere, totam prorsus a principio fabulam promeret,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 8:

aliquem de aliquā re,

to importune, annoy, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 33:

obtundis, tametsi intellego, etc.,

id. And. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, obtūsus ( obtunsus or optūsus), a, um, P. a., blunt, dull, obtuse (class.).

Lit.:

falx obtusa et hebes,

Col. 4, 24, 21:

pugio,

Tac. A. 15, 54:

vomer,

Verg. G. 1, 262:

angulus,

Lucr. 4, 355:

cornua lunae obtusa,

Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 347.—

Transf., blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless:

animi acies obtusior,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

stellis acies obtunsa,

Verg. G. 1, 395: obtusi et hebetes ad aliquam rem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14:

aures obtunsae,

blunted, dull of hearing, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 17: vox, thick, not clear (opp. clara), Quint. 11, 3, 15:

fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, optusae obscurant,

id. 11, 3, 20:

stomachus,

weakened, spoiled, Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

obtunsa pectora,

insensible, without feeling, Verg. A. 1, 567:

ingenium,

Gell. 13, 24, 21:

vires,

enfeebled, Lucr. 3, 452:

nimio ne luxu obtunsior usus Sit genitali arvo,

too blunted, too enfeebled, Verg. G. 3, 135:

vigor animi,

Liv. 5, 18:

cor,

Lact. 2, 5, 4:

sensus eorum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 14:

venenum,

powerless, Calp. Ecl. 5, 94.— Comp.:

quo quid dici potest obtusius?

Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70.— Sup. does not occur.—Hence, adv.: obtūsē, dully, not keenly (postclass.):

crocodili in aquā obtusius vident, in terrā acutissime,

Sol. 32, § 28.—Fig.:

hoc facere obtuse,

Aug. Doct. Christ. 4, 5, § 7.

ob-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (and tunsum), 3, v. a.

To strike or beat against, at, or on a thing; to beat, thump, belabor (very rare;

perh. only ante- and post-class.): pectora pugnis, Firm. Math. 5, 5: obtundit os mihi,

breaks my jaw, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 50; cf.:

obtunso ore,

id. ib. 5, 1, 8; cf.:

nam sum obtusus pugnis pessume,

id. Am. 2, 1, 59.—

To blunt, dull, by striking.

Lit. (very rare):

telum,

Lucr. 6, 399:

gladios,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 166.—

Transf.

To blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength:

aciem oculorum,

Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 142:

auditum,

id. 24, 11, 50, § 87:

obtusus stomachus,

id. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

vocem,

to blunt, weaken, Lucr. 4, 613:

ingenia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

et obtusis ceciderunt viribus artis,

Lucr. 3, 452; Liv. 7, 2:

mentem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80:

ingenia,

id. de Or. 3, 24, 93:

nihil est quod tam obtundat elevetque aegritudinem, quam. etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34.—

Aures or aliquem, or simply obtundere, to stun or din the ears; to deafen one by saying a thing too often or too long; hence, to annoy or tease with importunity; aures graviter obtundo tuas, ne quem ames, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120: ne brevitas [p. 1248] defraudasse aures videatur, neve longitudo obtudisse, Cic. Or. 66, 221:

aliquem longis epistulis,

to annoy, molest, id. Att. 8, 1:

aliquem,

id. Fam. 5, 14, 3:

rogitando,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6.—With object-clause: obtuderunt ejus aures, te socium praetoris fuisse, they dinned into him that, etc., Timarch. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 157.— With subj.:

non cessat obtundere, totam prorsus a principio fabulam promeret,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 8:

aliquem de aliquā re,

to importune, annoy, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 33:

obtundis, tametsi intellego, etc.,

id. And. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, obtūsus ( obtunsus or optūsus), a, um, P. a., blunt, dull, obtuse (class.).

Lit.:

falx obtusa et hebes,

Col. 4, 24, 21:

pugio,

Tac. A. 15, 54:

vomer,

Verg. G. 1, 262:

angulus,

Lucr. 4, 355:

cornua lunae obtusa,

Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 347.—

Transf., blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless:

animi acies obtusior,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

stellis acies obtunsa,

Verg. G. 1, 395: obtusi et hebetes ad aliquam rem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14:

aures obtunsae,

blunted, dull of hearing, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 17: vox, thick, not clear (opp. clara), Quint. 11, 3, 15:

fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, optusae obscurant,

id. 11, 3, 20:

stomachus,

weakened, spoiled, Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

obtunsa pectora,

insensible, without feeling, Verg. A. 1, 567:

ingenium,

Gell. 13, 24, 21:

vires,

enfeebled, Lucr. 3, 452:

nimio ne luxu obtunsior usus Sit genitali arvo,

too blunted, too enfeebled, Verg. G. 3, 135:

vigor animi,

Liv. 5, 18:

cor,

Lact. 2, 5, 4:

sensus eorum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 14:

venenum,

powerless, Calp. Ecl. 5, 94.— Comp.:

quo quid dici potest obtusius?

Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70.— Sup. does not occur.—Hence, adv.: obtūsē, dully, not keenly (postclass.):

crocodili in aquā obtusius vident, in terrā acutissime,

Sol. 32, § 28.—Fig.:

hoc facere obtuse,

Aug. Doct. Christ. 4, 5, § 7.