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.
prick (v.) Copy link Outline 1. pungo, pŭpŭgi, punctum, 32. stĭmŭlo, 1 (with a goad or spur) • prick (v.): 1. pungo, pŭpŭgi, punctum, 3: Cic. Mil. 24, 65 (acu p.): Petr. Comp. compungo, nxi, nctum, 3 (rare): Cels. 6, 18, 9 (acu c.). 2. stĭmŭlo, 1 (with a goad or spur): v. to spur, goad. Comp. exstimulo, Plin. (For fig. sense, v. to sting.)
PRICK Copy link • PRICK 1. s. A puncture, ictus; punctio; punctum. A slight prick, punctiuncula. A sharp instrument, goad, prickle, stimulus; aculeus: to kick against the pricks, adversus stimulum calcare (Terentianus). 2. v. PROP., , pungere, compungere (the proper words, both of persons and of things): stimulare (with a goad). To prick with a needle, acu pungere or compungere: to prick one’s hand with a needle, *acu sauciare manum. Figuratively, pungere, compungere, urere, infestare.