pugnax

pugnax, ācis, adj. [pugno], fond of fighting, combative, warlike, martial.

Lit.:

centuriones pugnaces,

Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 26:

acer et pugnax,

id. Rep. 5, 8, 10 (from Non. 337, 31):

Minerva,

Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 7:

Achivi,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 27:

filius Thetidis,

id. ib. 4, 6, 8:

gens,

Tac. Agr. 17:

hastas,

Prop. 3, 7 (4, 8), 25:

pugnacissimus quique,

Tac. H. 4, 60:

gentes pugnacissimae,

Curt. 3, 9, 3: hac legione noli pugnacius quidquam putare, Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam, 10, 31, 5:

aries,

Col. 7, 3, 6; cf.:

galli gallinacei pugnacissimi duo,

Petr. 86:

ensis,

Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 48.— Poet., with inf.:

tenui pugnax instare veruto,

Sil. 3, 363.—

Trop., of a speech or of the speaker, combative, quarrelsome, contentious:

oratio pugnacior (opp. pacatior),

Cic. Brut. 31, 121:

oratio pugnax et contentiosa,

Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 5:

exordium dicendi vehemens et pugnax, non saepe esse debeat,

Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317.—

Transf., in gen., obstinate, refractory, pertinacious:

Graecus nimis pugnax esse noluit,

Cic. Pis. 28, 70: non est pugnax in vitiis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1.—Of things, concrete and abstract; with dat.:

ignis aquae pugnax,

Ov. M. 1, 432; Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:

musta,

harsh, id. 14, 20, 25, § 125:

quid ferri duritiā pugnacius?

id. 36, 16, 25, § 127.—Hence, adv.: pugnācĭter, contentiously, violently, obstinately:

certare cum aliis pugnaciter,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 65:

dicere,

Quint. 9, 4, 126:

ferire,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 11.— Comp.:

alia pugnacius dicenda,

Quint. 9, 4, 130.— Sup.:

pugnacissime defendere sententiam,

Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 9.

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fond of fighting, combative, stubborn, contntious.

ENG ruff

NLD kemphaan

GER Kampflaufer

FRA chevalier combattant

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Sălernum, i, n., a maritime town in the Picentine territory, now Salerno, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 70; Liv. 32, 29; 34, 45; Vell. 1, 15, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 1; Luc. 2, 425.—Hence, Sălernitānus, a, um, adj., Salernian:

latebra,

Plin. 13, 3, 5, § 25 (Jahn, Salurnitanus):

regio,

Val. Max. 6, 8, 5.—

Să-lernus, i, m., an inhabitant of Salernum:

pugnax,

Sil. 8, 853.

Sălernum, i, n., a maritime town in the Picentine territory, now Salerno, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 70; Liv. 32, 29; 34, 45; Vell. 1, 15, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 1; Luc. 2, 425.—Hence, Sălernitānus, a, um, adj., Salernian:

latebra,

Plin. 13, 3, 5, § 25 (Jahn, Salurnitanus):

regio,

Val. Max. 6, 8, 5.—

Să-lernus, i, m., an inhabitant of Salernum:

pugnax,

Sil. 8, 853.

Sălernum, i, n., a maritime town in the Picentine territory, now Salerno, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 70; Liv. 32, 29; 34, 45; Vell. 1, 15, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 1; Luc. 2, 425.—Hence, Sălernitānus, a, um, adj., Salernian:

latebra,

Plin. 13, 3, 5, § 25 (Jahn, Salurnitanus):

regio,

Val. Max. 6, 8, 5.—

Să-lernus, i, m., an inhabitant of Salernum:

pugnax,

Sil. 8, 853.

stĭlus (not stylus), i, m. [for stiglus; Gr. stizô, to stick, puncture; stigma, mark, point; Sanscr. tig, to be sharp; tigmas, sharp; cf. Engl. stick, sting; Lat. stimulus; not connected with stulos].

In gen., a stake, pale: extra vallum stili caeci, concealed stakes, Auct. B. Afr. 31, 5; cf. Sil. 10, 415 (for which stimuli, Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.):

ligneus,

Amm. 23, 4, 5; 15, 10, 5.—In agriculture, a pointed instrument for freeing plants from worms or from shoots which grow too rankly, etc., Col. 11, 3, 53; Pall. Mart. 10, 20.—Of the stem or stalk of many plants (e. g. of the asparagus), Col. 11, 3, 46; 11, 3, 58; 5, 10, 13; 5, 10, 21.—

In partic.

A style used by the Romans for writing on waxen tablets (pointed, and usually made of iron):

effer cito stilum, ceram et tabellas et linum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 64; cf. id. ib. 4, 4, 76; 4, 9, 73; Quint. 1, 1, 27:

cum otiosus stilum prehenderat, flaccebat oratio,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

orationes paene Attico stilo scriptae,

with an Attic pen, id. ib. 45, 167; so,

(comoediae quaedam) resipiant stilum Plautinum,

Gell. 3, 3, 13.—And with reference to the ecenomical use, in a double sense, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 96.—Writing on wax was erased with the broad upper end of the style; hence the phrase stilum vertere, for to erase what one has written, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41, § 101:

saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint, Scripturus,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 73.—But cf.:

et mihi vertenti stilum in Gallias,

i. e. turning to write of, Amm. 29, 3, 1.—Comically:

stilis me totum usque ulmeis conscribito,

i. e. with elm switches, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131 (cf. conscribo).—

Transf.

= scriptio and scriptura, a setting down in writing, composing, composition; the practice of composing; manner of writing, mode of composition:

stilus optimus et praestantissimus dicendi effector ac magister,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; 1, 60, 257; cf. id. ib. 3, 49, 190; Quint. 1, 9, 2; cf.:

multus stilus et assidua lectio,

id. 10, 7, 4:

stilus exercitatus,

i. e. a practised pen, Cic. Or. 44, 150:

tardior stilus cogitationem moratur,

Quint. 1, 1, 28:

neglegens,

id. 2, 4, 13:

multus,

id. 10, 1, 1:

tardus,

id. 10, 3, 5:

rudis et confusus,

id. 1, 1, 28:

fidelis,

id. 10, 7, 7:

stilo incumbere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 29, 9:

aliquid stilo prosequi,

id. ib. 1, 8, 8;

2, 3, 3: signare stilo,

Vell. 1, 16, 1:

non ita dissimili sunt argumento, sed tamen Dissimili oratione sunt factae ac stilo,

in speech and writing, Ter. And. prol. 12 (for which:

oratione et scripturā,

id. Phorm. prol. 5); cf.:

unus sonus est totius orationis et idem stilus,

the same tone and the same style of composition run through the whole speech, Cic. Brut. 26, 100:

artifex stilus,

an artistic style, id. ib. 25, 96:

familiares opes velut supremo distribuens stilo,

i. e. by his last will, Amm. 25, 3, 21.—

A manner of speaking, mode of expression, style in speaking (post-Aug. and very rare; not as early as Quint.;

in class. Lat. sermo, oratio, dictio, dicendi modus, ars, genus or forma): stilus pressus demissusque,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5:

pugnax et quasi bellatorins,

id. ib. 7, 9, 7:

laetior,

id. ib. 3, 18, 10; cf.:

diligentis stili anxietas,

Tac. Or. 39:

(Octavius) tragoediam magno impetu exorsus, non succedente stilo, abolevit,

Suet. Aug. 85:

affectatione obscurabat stilum,

id. Tib. 70:

stili dicendi duo sunt: unus est maturus et gravis, alter ardens erectus et infensus, etc.,

Macr. S. 5, 1; 6, 3.—

A decision, verdict, opinion, App. M. 10, p. 242, 20.

vĕhĕmens ( veemens, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120 K. and H.; more freq. vēmens, Ter. And. 1, 1, 123; Cat. 50, 21; and Lucr. always, Lachm., Munro), entis, adj. [perh. Sanscr. vahis, out of, and mens; cf. vē-], very eager, violent, furious, impetuous, ardent, vehement, etc. (syn. violentus).

Lit.:

vehemens in utramque partem, Menedeme, es nimis, Aut largitate nimiā aut parsimoniā,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 31:

Galba non in agendo solum, sed etiam in meditando vehemens atque incensus,

Cic. Brut. 22, 88: in alios, id. Sull. 31, 87:

vehemens feroxque naturā,

id. Vatin. 2, 4;

with severus (opp. lenissimus),

id. Cat. 4, 6, 12;

with inexorabilis,

id. Sull. 31, 87;

with dissolutus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104;

with acer,

id. Caecin. 10, 28;

with fortis,

id. Off. 1, 28, 100:

vehemens lupus et sibi et hosti Iratus pariter,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 28:

canis,

Phaedr. 2, 3, 1.—Of abstract things:

acer et vehemens incitatio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183:

genus orationis vehemens atque atrox,

id. ib. 2, 49, 200:

vehemens et pugnax exordium dicendi,

id. ib. 2, 78, 317:

vehemens et aspera quaestio,

Quint. 5, 10, 113:

vehemens et grave senatusconsultum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3. —

Transf., in gen., active, forcible, vigorous, powerful, mighty, strong:

satis vemens causa ad objurgandum,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 123:

Arcturus signum sum omnium acerrimum: Vehemens sum exoriens: quom occido vehementior,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 71:

imber,

Lucr. 6, 517:

vehementior cursus fluminum,

Quint. 9, 4, 7:

vehementissimus cursus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

fuga,

id. ib. 8, 48:

ictus,

Lucr. 6, 311:

pilum... vehementius ictu missuque telum,

Liv. 9, 19, 7:

impetus,

Amm. 19, 11, 15:

brassica... tenui suco vehementissima,

very powerful, very efficacious, Cato, R. R. 157, 2:

medicamentum efficacius et vehementius,

Scrib. Comp. 70:

vitis vehementioribus statuminibus impedanda est,

stronger, Col. 4, 16, 2:

vitis vehemens multaque materia frondens,

vigorous, id. 3, 1, 5:

palus,

thick, stout, id. 4, 12, 1:

violentia vini,

Lucr. 3, 482:

vis frigorum aut calorum,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 235; cf.:

vis in oratione vehementissima,

Quint. 9, 4, 13:

vehementior lethargus,

Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 238:

dolor capitis,

id. 24, 9, 38, § 62:

usus strigilis,

Suet. Aug. 80:

argumentum vehementius,

Quint. 7, 6, 7:

conviva salibus vehemens intra pomoeria natis,

Juv. 9, 11.