sugillo

sūgillo (suggillo, oited ap. Victorin. p. 2465 P.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; perh. akin with sugo], to beat black-andblue (mostly post-Aug.).

I.

Lit.:

oculi ex ictu suffusi cruore et sugillati,

Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 100:

athleta, qui numquam sugillatus est,

Sen. Ep. 13, 2: oculos patri, perh. to knock out, Varr. ap. Non. 171, 13. — Part. perf. as subst.: sūgillāta, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), black-and-blue spots, bruises:

allium sugillata aut liventia ad colorem reducit,

black-and-blue spots, Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 55:

caseus recens cum melle sugillata emendat,

id. 28, 9, 34, § 132. —

II.

Trop.

A.

To flout, jeer, taunt, scoff at, insult, revile:

viros sugillatos, repulsos,

Liv. 4, 35, 10:

Sulla repulsa praeturae sugillatus est,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 5:

crudelitatem alicujus,

id. 3, 2, 1; 5, 3, 4:

noli sugillare miserias,

Petr. 128:

pudorem,

Dig. 2, 4, 10, § 12:

opinionem alicujus,

ib. 44, 4, 4, § 16; to annoy, Vulg. Luc. 18, 5.—

* B.

= to beat into one, i. e. to suggest: verba alicui, Prud. steph. 10, 999.