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prōpugnācŭlum , i, n. propugno,
I.a bulwark, tower, rampart, fortress, defence (class.).
I. Lit.: “pontes et propugnacula jungunt,” Verg. A. 9, 170; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88: “Siciliae,” i. e. the fleet, id. ib. 2, 3, 80, § “186: solidati muri, propugnacula addita,” Tac. H. 2, 19: “moenium,” id. ib. 3, 84: “navium,” i. e. ships furnished with towers, Hor. Epod. 1, 2; cf.: “armatae classes imponunt sibi turrium propugnacula,” Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 3: “oppositum barbaris,” Nep. Them. 6, 5: “domus ut propugnacula habeat,” Cic. Fam. 14, 18, 2: propugnacula aequoris, dams or dikes, Stat. S. 3, 3, 101: “Cremona propugnaculum adversus Gallos,” Tac. H. 3, 54.—
II. Trop., a bulwark, protection, defence (class.): “lex Aelia et Fufia propugnacula tranquillitatis,” Cic. Pis. 4, 9; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40: “tyrannidis propugnacula,” Nep. Timol. 3, 3; Gell. 7, 3, 47; Liv. 34, 61.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 14.18.2
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.40
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.88
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 4.9
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.170
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.19
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.54
    • Cornelius Nepos, Themistocles, 6.5
    • Cornelius Nepos, Timoleon, 3.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 32.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 61
    • Statius, Silvae, 3.3
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