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‡ battŭālĭa or battālia, ium, n. [battuo], the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators: inde etiam battuatores τοὺς βασανιστὰς dici puto, Adamant. ap. Cassiod. p. 2300 P.

‡ battŭārĭum, ii, m., = κοπανιστήριον, a mortar, Gloss. Gr. Lat.

battuo (bāt-), ui, ĕre, v. a. and n. [cf. Engl. beat, bat; Fr. battre; Ital. battere],

  1. I. to strike, beat, hit (very rare): battuit κατακόπτει, Gloss.; Naev. ap. Fulg. 562, 33; * Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 60.
    Of bruising in a mortar, Marc. Emp. Medic. c. 36.
    Of pounding flesh before cooking it, Apic. 4, 2, 108; cf. Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 104.
  2. II. Neutr., of fencing (like the Germ. schlagen): battuebat pugnatoriis armis, he fenced with sharp weapons (not with the foil), Suet. Calig. 54; 32.
    In mal. part., Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4.

Battus, i, m., = Βάττος.

  1. I. A name given to Aristotle of Thera, the founder of Cyrene, Sil. 8, 57; 17, 591; Just. 13, 7, 1.
    Hence,
        1. b. Battĭădes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Cyrene, Sil. 2, 61; 3, 252; 17, 592; and, κατ’ ἐξοχήν, the poet Callimachus, a native of Cyrene, Cat. 65, 16; Ov. Tr. 2, 367; id. Ib. 55; id. Am. 1, 15, 13; Stat. S. 5, 3, 157.
  2. II. A herdsman of Neleus, in Triphylia, near Elis, in the Peloponnesus, who, on account of his betraying a theft of Mercury, was transformed by him into the stone Index, Ov. M. 2, 688 sq.