noun
sūgillātĭo
Meaning
- a blackand-blue mark
sūgillātĭo, ōnis, f. sugillo,
I. a blackand-blue mark, a livid spot (made by a blow, bruise, etc.; not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit.:
sugillationem rapere, Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 74.— II. Trop., an affronting, insulting:
consulum, Liv. 43, 14, 5: domini, Dig. 47, 10, 15: foeda majestatis ejus, Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 150: ipsius gloriae, Val. Max. 2, 3, 1: amara, id. 6, 9, 12: admonitionis, Sen. Ben. 5, 22, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sūgillātiō ōnis, f
sugillo, a bruise, affront, insult : consulum, L.