prick (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Puncture1. punctum2. punctus, ūsII. A sharp point • prick (subs.): I. Puncture: 1. punctum: Veg. Mil. 1, 12 (stab). Dimin. punctulum (a small or slight p.), Apul. 2. punctus, ūs: Apul. (Usu. better expr. by pungo: a wound like the p. of a pin, vulnus quod acu punctum videretur., Cic. Mil. 24, 65.) Punctiones, pricking pains: Cels.: Plin. II. A sharp point: v. prickle. See also goad, spike.