LAT
compungo
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Lewis Short
com-pungo (conp-), nxi, nctum, 3
* V. a., to prick or puncture severely, to sting.
* Prop. (rare but class.): collum dolone,Phaedr. 3, 6, 3: aculeis urticae,Col. 8, 14, 8: acu,Cels. 6, 18, 9: barbarus compunctus notis Threïciis,branded,Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25: (colores) qui compungunt aciem lacrumareque cogunt,dazzle,Lucr. 2, 420; cf. of heat and cold: sensus corporis,id. 2, 432 (for Sen. Ep. 88, 39, v. compingo).
* Trop.
* In gen.: (dialectici) ipsi se compungunt suis acuminibus,prick themselves with their own stings,Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158.
* In late Lat. compungi, to be goaded by the stings of conscience, to feel remorse, Lact. 4, 18, 14; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 3, 13; cf. compunctio.
* V. a., to prick or puncture severely, to sting.
* Prop. (rare but class.): collum dolone,Phaedr. 3, 6, 3: aculeis urticae,Col. 8, 14, 8: acu,Cels. 6, 18, 9: barbarus compunctus notis Threïciis,branded,Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25: (colores) qui compungunt aciem lacrumareque cogunt,dazzle,Lucr. 2, 420; cf. of heat and cold: sensus corporis,id. 2, 432 (for Sen. Ep. 88, 39, v. compingo).
* Trop.
* In gen.: (dialectici) ipsi se compungunt suis acuminibus,prick themselves with their own stings,Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158.
* In late Lat. compungi, to be goaded by the stings of conscience, to feel remorse, Lact. 4, 18, 14; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 3, 13; cf. compunctio.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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