pugilatus
τὸ κοῖλον τοῦ ποδὸς δεῖξαι → show the heels, show a clean pair of heels, show the hollow of the foot, run away
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pŭgĭlātus: ūs, m. pugilor,
I a boxing, fighting with the cestus, pugilism, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 24; id. Capt. 4, 2, 13; Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 82.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pŭgĭlātŭs,¹⁵ ūs, m. (pugilor), pugilat : Pl. Bacch. 428 ; Capt. 793 ; Plin. 8, 82. pugillatus Cic. *Leg. 2, 38.
Latin > German (Georges)
pugilātus (pugillātus), ūs, m. (pugilor), das Kämpfen mit dem Cästus, der Faustkampf, corporum certationes cursu et pugillatu et luctatione curriculisque usque ad certam victoriam circo constitutae, Cic. de legg. 2, 38: ferientium pugilatus, Augustin. serm. 216, 6: ibi cursu, luctando, disco, hastā, pugilatu, pilā, saliendo sese exercere, Plaut. Bacch. 428: certare in pugilatu, Plin. 8, 82: pugilatum exercere, Augustin. de civ. dei 18, 17: scherzh., hic homo pugilatum incipit, Plaut. capt. 793.
Latin > English
pugilatus pugilatus N M :: boxing
