-
1 pugio
pŭgĭo, ōnis, m. [root pug of pungo; cf.: pugil, pugna].I.A short weapon for stabbing, a dagger, dirk, poniard: pugio dictus est, quod eo punctim pugnatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 235 Müll.:B.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.—* II.Trop.: o plumbeum pugionem! O leaden dagger! i. e. O weak argument! Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 48.
См. также в других словарях:
ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… … Universalium