com-pungo (conp-), nxi, nctum, 3, v. a., to prick or puncture severely, to sting.
I Prop. (rare but class.): collum dolone, Phaedr. 3, 6, 3: aculeis urticae, Col. 8, 14, 8: acu, Cels. 6, 18, 9: barbarus compunctus notis Threïciis, branded , Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25: (colores) qui compungunt aciem lacrumareque cogunt, dazzle , Lucr. 2, 420; cf. of heat and cold: sensus corporis, id. 2, 432 (for Sen. Ep. 88, 39, v. compingo).—
II Trop.
A In gen.: (dialectici) ipsi se compungunt suis acuminibus, prick themselves with their own stings , Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158.—
B In late Lat. compungi, to be goaded by the stings of conscience, to feel remorse , Lact. 4, 18, 14; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 3, 13; cf. compunctio.