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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.

Bătŭlum, i, n., a town in Campania, built by the Samnites, Verg. A. 7, 739 Serv.; Sil. 8, 566.

bātŭo, v. battuo.

1. bătŭs (bătŏs), i, f., = βάτος, the blackberry-bush, App. Herb. 87; Paul. ex Fest. p. 30, 15 Müll.; esp., batos Idaea = βάτος Ἰδαία, the raspberry-bush, App. Herb. 87.

2. bătŭs, i, m., = βάτος; Heb. [??], a bath, a Hebrew measure for liquids, containing about nine gallons (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Ezech. 45, 10 al.