butt (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Mark, target (q. v.)II. An object of ridiculeIII. A push or thrust with the headIV. A large cask • butt (subs.): I. Mark, target (q. v.): scōpus. II. An object of ridicule: lūdĭbrĭum: Liv.: Hor.: you have hitherto made me your b., ludibrio adhuc me habuisti, Pl.: to be a b. of the court, inter ludibria aulae esse, Suet.: v. laughing-stock. III. A push or thrust with the head: ărĭĕtātĭo: Sen. IV. A large cask: vas ligneum majoris formae: v. barrel.
butt (v.) Copy link • butt (v.): ărĭĕto, 1: Virg.: Curt. Phr.: beware of encountering the goat, he b.s, occursare capro, cornu ferit ille, caveto, Virg.: apt to b., fond of b.ing, pĕtulcus: Lucr.: Virg.
BUTT Copy link • BUTT 1. Scopus; goal: to aim at a butt, destinatum petere (Liv.): to hit a butt, *scopum ferire or ferire only (Hor.). Point at which the endeavor is directed, propositum: is qui mihi est (fuit, etc, . propositus exitus: finis. Vid: Not scopus in this meaning. To make a butt of one, aliquem ludibrio habere; putare sibi aliqnem pro ridiculo et delectamento. To be one’s butt, ludibrio ease alicui. Blow, ictus. 2. v. cornu ferire, cornu petere. Of a ram, arietare in aliquem. Butting, qui cornu petit, petulcus. 3. cask, dolium, labrum.