colaphus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cŏlăphus: i, m., = κόλαφος,
I a blow with the fist, a cuff, a box on the ear: icere, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 65 Ritschl: ducere, Quint. 6, 3, 83.—In plur.: in cerebro colaphos abstrudere, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 68; cf.: infringere alicui, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45; Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130: incutere alicui, Juv. 9, 5: perpeti, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 37.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cŏlăphus,¹³ ī, m. (κόλαφος), coup de poing : Ter. Ad. 245 ; colaphum icere Pl. Pers. 846 [mss], donner un coup de poing ; colaphum alicui ducere Quint. 6, 3, 83, donner un coup de poing à qqn (incutere Juv. 9, 5) ; in cerebro colaphos apstrudam tuo Pl. Rud. 1007, je te bourrerai le crâne de coups de poing ; colaphos infregit mihi Ter. Ad. 199, il m’a bourré de coups de poing.