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Jŭgŭla, ae, and Jŭgŭlae, ārum, f. [jugulus],

  1. I. the three stars which form Orion’s belt; also, the whole constellation Orion, Varr. L. L. 7, § 50 Müll.: neque Jugulae neque Vesperugo neque Vergiliae occidunt, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 119.
  2. II. Two stars in the constellation Cancer, otherwise called Aselli: nunc Cancro vicina canam, cui parte sinistra Consurgunt Jugulae, Manil. 5, 175.

jŭgŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [jugulum], to cut the throat, to kill, slay, murder (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: cum jugulatur sus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116: cives optimos jugulari jussit, id. Phil. 3, 2, 4: se alicui tradere jugulandum, id. Mil. 11, 31: hominem crudeliter, Cels. 1 praef. § 70: qui unum hominem jugulat, Lact. 1, 18, 10.
    Com. of hunger: ita mi auctores fuere, ut egomet me hodie jugularem fame, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 3.
    Also of diseases: quartana neminem jugulat, Cels. 3, 15: id genus acutum est, et celeriter jugulat, id. 3, 20, 3.
    In a pun: cur non Hunc Regem jugulas? Hor. S. 1, 7, 35.
    Pregn.: tum rite sacratas in flammam jugulant pecudes, slaughter and throw, Verg. A. 12, 214.
  2. II. Trop., to confute, convict, silence: aliquem factis decretisque, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 64: jugulari sua confessione, id. ib. 2, 5, 64, § 166: jugulari suo gladio, suoque telo, to be beaten with one’s own weapons, foiled with one’s own devices, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 35: gladio plumbeo, i. e. to overcome without difficulty, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2: Falernum, to adulterate, spoil, Mart. 1, 19, 5: curas, to drive away, banish, id. 8, 51, 26.

jŭgŭlum, i, n., and jŭgŭlus, i, m. [jug, jungo],

  1. I. the collar-bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, Cels. 8, 1, § 70: uni homini juguli, humeri: ceteris armi, Plin. 11, 43, 98, § 243.
  2. II. Transf., hence, the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone: quod jugula concava non haberet, Cic. Fat. 5, 10.
    1. B. The throat: jugulum perfodere, Tac. A. 3, 15: resolvere, Ov. M. 1, 227: recludere stricto ense, id. ib. 7, 285: tenui jugulos aperire susurro, Juv. 4, 110: demittere gladium in jugulum, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28: dare or praebere, to present the throat, sc. to be cut, as was done by conquered gladiators, Cic. Mil. 11: offerre alicui, Tac. H. 1, 41: porrigere, Hor. S. 1, 3, 89.
  3. III. Trop.
    1. A. A slaughter, murder: Electrae jugulo se polluere, Juv. 8, 218.
    2. B. Petere, to aim at the throat, i. e. to attack the main point of one’s argument, Quint. 8, 6, 51: jugulum causae premere, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 14.