pŭgĭuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [pugio],
a small dagger or poniard (Ciceronian), Cic. Or. 67, 225.—Transf.: ille Hispaniensis pugiunculus, i. e. Cn. Piso, who had been despatched to Spain , Cic. ap. C. Anton. Fragm. ap. Ascon.
pūgiunculus ī, m dim.pugio, a small dagger, stiletto . ...
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