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.