Pugil

·noun As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.

pugil
pŭgil, ĭlis (u scanned long, Prud. Contr. Symm. 2, 516; nom. pugilis, Varr. Sat. Men. 22, 2, p. 116)...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
pugil
pugil ilis, m PAC-, one who fights with the cestus, a fist-fighter, boxer, pugilist : pugilem esse...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary