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colaphus

colaphus, a blow with the fist, cuff, box on the ear

cŏlăphus, i, m., = κόλαφος,
  • a blow with the fist, a cuff, a box on the ear: icere, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 65 (841) Ritschl: ducere, Quint. 6, 3, 83.—In plur.: in cerebro colaphos abstrudere, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 68 (1005); cf.: infringere alicui, Ter. Ad. 199; Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130: incutere alicui, Juv. 9, 5: perpeti, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 20 (88); Ter. Ad. 245.

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