The corpus record — Latin

battuo

battuo · v. a

to strike

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What it meant

battuo — Lewis & Short

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

I to strike, beat, hit (very rare): battuit katako/ptei, 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.—

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.

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