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pugios

pugios is the plural of pugio.

Meaning of pugio

Noun

pugio (plural pugios)

  1. (historical) A dagger or poignard, especially the kind used by the Ancient Romans.
    • The Pugio or Dagger was used by the Romans, a species of that weapon called the Hand Seax was worn by the Saxons, with which they massacred the English on Salisbury Plain in 476.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34

Questions about pugios

What is pugios the plural of?
Pugios is the plural of pugio.

Words near pugios in the dictionary

  1. Pugin
  2. Puginesque
  3. Pugins
  4. pugio
  5. pugioniform
  6. pugios
  7. Puglia
  8. Puglian
  9. puglianite
  10. Pugliese
  11. Pugliese bread

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