noun
rĕ-pāgŭla
Meaning
- bolts
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
rĕ-pāgŭla, ōrum, n. pag, pango, that which is thrust back again,
I. bolts or bars of a door.
A. Lit.:
occludite aedes pessulis, repagulis, Plaut. Cist. 3, 18: valvae clausae repagulis, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74: convulsis repagulis (templi) effractisque valvis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94: sola Venus portae cecidisse repagula sensit, Ov. M. 14, 783: pedibusque repagula pulsant, 2, 155; 5, 120; Sil. 16, 318: laxare, Luc. 1, 295; App. M. 1, p. 108, 23; cf. Fest. p. 280 Müll.—B. Trop., bars, restraints, limits: repagula, quibus ego iram omnem recludam, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 66:
omnia repagula juris pudoris officiique perfringere, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39.