fist Copy link Outline 1. pugnus (the clenched hand)2. cŏlăphus (a blow with the f.) • fist: 1. pugnus (the clenched hand): to double the hand and make a f., manum comprimere pugnumque facere, Cic. Acad. 2, 47, 145: to fight with f.s, pugnis certare, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77: to beat any one with the f.s, pugnis aliquem caedere, Pl.; stronger terms, pugnis contundere, pectere, onerare (to pummel, belabour), Pl.: to drive your f. into a man's face, p. alicui in os impingere, Pl. Rud. 3, 4, 5. 2. cŏlăphus (a blow with the f.): v. cuff, blow.