jŭgŭlum | jŭgŭlus, i (noun N.m) : n., and , , m.jug, jungo
* The collar-bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, Cels. 8, 1, § 70: uni homini juguli, humeri: ceteris armi,Plin. 11, 43, 98, § 243.
* Transf., hence, the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone: quod jugula concava non haberet,Cic. Fat. 5, 10.
* The throat: jugulum perfodere,Tac. A. 3, 15: resolvere,Ov. M. 1, 227: recludere stricto ense,id. ib. 7, 285: tenui jugulos aperire susurro,Juv. 4, 110: demittere gladium in jugulum,Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28: dare or praebere, to present the throat, sc. to be cut, as was done by conquered gladiators, Cic. Mil. 11: offerre alicui,Tac. H. 1, 41: porrigere,Hor. S. 1, 3, 89.
* Trop.
* A slaughter, murder: Electrae jugulo se polluere,Juv. 8, 218.
* Petere, to aim at the throat, i. e. to attack the main point of one's argument, Quint. 8, 6, 51: jugulum causae premere,Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 14.