LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

pugillum

pugillum n (genitive pugillī)
Classical[pʊˈɡɪl.lũː]Ecclesiastical[puˈd͡ʒil.lum]

Meaning

  1. neuterhandful, fistful
    Quis mēnsus est pugillō aquās, et caelōs palmō ponderāvit?Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepugillumpugilla
pugilī
genitivepugillī
pugilī		pugillōrum
pugilōrum
dativepugillō
pugilō		pugillīs
pugilīs
accusativepugillum
pugilum		pugilla
pugillōs, pugilōs
ablativepugillō
pugilō		pugillīs
pugilīs
vocativepugillum
pugile, pugille		pugilla
pugilī

pŭgillum, i, v. pugillus
I. init.
pŭgillum, δρὰξ χειρός, Gloss. Lat. Gr.), dim. pugnus,
I. what one can hold in the fist, a handful: lentis pugillus, Cato, R. R. 158; Plin. 20, 22, 89, § 242; Prud. Cath. 10, 152: melior est pugillus cum requie, a very little, Vulg. Eccl. 4, 6.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos Proto-Italic *pugnos Latin pugnus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin pugillum From pugnus (“fist, fistful, handful”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).

In English words that came into English from pugillum

  • pugilpugillus

Quick answers

What does pugillum mean in Latin?
pugillum, a noun, means “handful, fistful”.
What is the genitive of pugillum?
The genitive singular is pugillī. pugillum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce pugillum?
In classical Latin, [pʊˈɡɪl.lũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [puˈd͡ʒil.lum].