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|lshtext=<b>fustis</b>: is (abl. fusti, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 21; id. Capt. 4, 2, 116; Val. Max. 6, 3, 9; Tac. A. 14, 8 al., or fuste, Hor. S. 1, 3, 134; 1, 5, 23; 2, 3, 112; Juv. 9, 98; Val. Max. 8, 1, 1; Dig. 9, 2, 7, § 1 al.), m. [[through]] the forms fonstis, [[fond]]-tis, from [[root]] of -[[fendo]], [[found]] in [[offendo]], [[defendo]], etc.; cf.: [[mani]]-[[festus]], in-[[festus]], con-festim, [[festino]]; Gr. θείνειν, to [[strike]], Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 255; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 190,<br /><b>I</b> a knobbed [[stick]], a [[cudgel]], [[staff]], [[club]] (syn.: [[sceptrum]], [[scipio]], [[ferula]], [[baculum]]): [[tamquam]] si [[claudus]] sim, cum fusti est ambulandum, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 21; Varr. L. L. 5, § 137 Müll.: severae Matris ad [[arbitrium]] recisos Portare fustes, Hor. C. 3, 6, 41; for threshing [[out]] [[grain]]: ipsae spicae [[melius]] fustibus cuduntur, Col. 2, 20, 4. —Esp. for cudgelling: auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 202: [[male]] mulctati [[clavis]] ac fustibus, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94: non [[opus]] est verbis, sed fustibus, id. Pis. 30, 73: si [[filius]] [[meus]] fustem mihi impingere volet? Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 9: quos tu [[nisi]] fuste coërces, Hor. S. 1, 3, 134: mulae [[caput]] fuste dolare, id. ib. 1, 5, 22: fuste aperire [[caput]], Juv. 9, 98: injuria committitur cum [[quis]] fuste [[percussus]] erit, Gai Inst. 3, 220: fustium [[admonitio]], Dig. 48, 19, 7.—And for [[beating]] to [[death]], as a milit. [[punishment]] (v. [[fustuarium]]): sorte ductos fusti necat, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 5 Dietsch: primipili centurionem ob turpem ex acie fugam fusti percussit, Vell. 2, 78 fin.; Tac. A. 3, 21; Front. S. 4, 1, 34 Oud.; Auct. B. Hisp. 27 fin.; Paul. Sent. 5, 18, 1; 5, 21, 1.—Hence: formidine [[fustis]] (i. e. to be [[beaten]] to [[death]]) ad [[bene]] dicendum redacti, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 154.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>fūstis</b>,¹¹ is, m., rondin, bâton : [[Varro]] L. 5, 137 ; Hor. O. 3, 6, 41 || bâton [pour frapper] : Pl. Amph. 358 ; Aul. 409 ; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 94 ; Pis. 73 ; [[formido]] [[fustis]] Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 154, la crainte du bâton || [au pl.] fléau à battre le blé : Col. Rust. 2, 20.
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