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pŭgillar, āris, v. pugillaris fin.
pŭgillāris, e (pūg-, Juv. 11, 156), adj. [pugillus], of or belonging to the fist or hand, that can be held in the hand: testiculi, Juv. 11, 156: cerae, i. e. writing-tablets, Prud. στεφ. 9, 15; more freq. subst.: pŭgillā-res, ĭum, m. (sc. libelli), writing-tablets, Sen. Ep. 15, 6; 108, 6; Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68; 13, 11, 21, § 69; Plin. Ep. 1, 6, 1; 6, 5, 6; Suet. Aug. 39; sing., Vulg. Luc. 1, 39.
Also pŭgillāria, ĭum, n., Laber. ap. Charis. p. 75 P.; Cat. 42, 4; Gell. 17, 9, 17.
In sing.: pŭgillar, āris, n., a writing-tablet, Aus. Epig. 146.
‡ pŭgillārĭus, ii, m. [pugillares], a maker of writing-tablets, Inscr. Orell. 4270.
pŭgillātor, ōris, m. [pugillares], a messenger, letter-carrier, Sid. Ep. 9, 14.
* pŭgillātōrĭus (pŭgilā-), a, um, adj. [pugillus], of or belonging to the fist: follis, a fist-ball, i. e. a ball which is struck with the fist, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 16.
pŭgillātus, ūs, m. [pugillo], a fighting with the cestus, boxing; in plur., Tert. Spect. 29.
pŭgillo and pŭgillor, v. pugilor.
‡ pŭgillum, i, v. pugillus init.
pŭgillum, δρὰξ χειρός, Gloss. Lat. Gr.), dim. [pugnus], what one can hold in the fist, a handful: lentis pugillus, Cato, R. R. 158; Plin. 20, 22, 89, § 242; Prud. Cath. 10, 152: melior est pugillus cum requie, a very little, Vulg. Eccl. 4, 6.
pŭgĭlor, ātus, 1 (in MSS. also written pŭgillor), v. dep. n. [pugil].