- pugnis et calcibus
- [L.] With fists and heels, with all one's might, tooth and nail, hammer and tongs.
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pugnis et calcibus
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PUGIL — dictus a pugna, et pugna a pugno, inquit Donatus in Prolog. Hecyrae, Veteres namque ante usum ferri et xrmorum, pugnis et calcibus et morsibus, corporumque luctatione certabant. Similiter, qui Latinis Pugil, Graecis πύκτης, a πὺξ, pugnô. Ita ergo … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
PANCRATIUM — Graece Παγκράτιον, aliter Suidâ teste Παμμάχιον, Pugilatui posterioribus temporibusaccessit; inque eo pugnis et calcibus certatum est: Proin tertium quoddam exercitationis Gymnasticae fuit genus, ex lucta et pugilatu compositum. Quare… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Exertion — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Exertion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 exertion exertion effort strain tug pull stress throw stretch struggle spell spurt spirt Sgm: N 1 stroke of work stroke … English dictionary for students
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hammer and tongs — (Colloquial expression used adverbially.) Strenuously, vigorously, earnestly, zealously, resolutely, energetically, with all one s might, with might and main, tooth and nail, through thick and thin, through fire and water, pugnis et calcibus … New dictionary of synonyms
strenuously — ad. 1. Earnestly, ardently, eagerly, vigorously, zealously, resolutely, energetically, actively, with all one s might, with might and main, tooth and nail, through thick and thin, through fire and water, hammer and tongs, pugnis et calcibus. 2.… … New dictionary of synonyms
tooth and nail — (Colloquial expression used adverbially.) 1. Biting and scratching, using every means of attack and defence. 2. Strenuously, vigorously, earnestly, resolutely, energetically, with all one s might, with might and main, through thick and thin,… … New dictionary of synonyms
