pugio

Etymology

From Latin pugiō.

Noun

pugio (plural pugios)

1. a dagger, poignard, especially the kind used by the Ancient Romans.
   • 1786 — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34.

     The Pugio or Dagger was used by the Romans, a species of that weapon called the Hand Seax was worn by the Saxons, with which they massacred the English on Salisbury Plain in 476.

Alternative forms

• pugione (rare, archaic)

Etymology

From Latin pūgiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.d͡ʒo/, [ˈpuːd͡ʒo]
• Stress: pùgio
• Hyphenation: pu‧gio

Noun

pugio m (plural pugi)

1. pugio

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-, same source as Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.ɡi.oː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.d͡ʒi.o/, [ˈpuː.d͡ʒi.o]

Noun

pūgiō m (genitive pūgiōnis); third declension

1. a dagger
   • c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 4.29

     multos in moenia egressos pugionibus fodere.

     Many, who had struggled on to the walls, with their short swords they stabbed.

References

• pugio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pugio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pugio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pugio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• pugio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pugio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin