tuxtax

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ἐλάττω ἔχειν γῆν τὸν ἀγρὸν ἐπιστολῆς Λακωνικῆς → own a farm smaller than a Laconian letter, own a tiny farm

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tuxtax: an exclamation imitative of the sound of blows:
I tuxtax meo tergo erit, Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 12; cf. Naev. ap. Charis. 2, p. 185 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 6 Rib.), tax pax.