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Webster 1913 Edition
Pugil
Pu′gil
,Noun.
[L.
pugillus
, pugillum
, a handful, akin to pugnus
the fist.] As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pugil
PU'GIL
,Noun.
As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.
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English
Noun
pugil (plural pugils)
- (obsolete) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- 1778, William Lewis, The new dispensatory
- Cinnamon, an ounce and a half; Rosemary flowers, six pugils […]
See also
Latin
Etymology
Relate to pugnus (“fist”), from Proto-Indo-European roots.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ɡil/
Noun
pugil m (genitive pugilis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pugil | pugilēs |
| genitive | pugilis | pugilum |
| dative | pugilī | pugilibus |
| accusative | pugilem | pugilēs |
| ablative | pugile | pugilibus |
| vocative | pugil | pugilēs |
Derived terms
- pugilicē
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Descendants
References
- pugil in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pugil in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PUGIL in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pugil”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- pugil in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers