different between mugil vs pugil

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

mugil (plural mugils)

1. Any fish of the genus Mugil of mugilid mullets.

Latin

Etymology

Probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slip, slime”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mu?.?il/, [?mu?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mu.d??il/, [?mu?d??il]

Noun

m?gil m (genitive m?gilis); third declension

1. grey mullet

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Italian: muggine

References

• mugil in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Yagara

Noun

mugil

1. Alternative form of magul.

References

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Yugarabul Body Parts.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pugillus, pugillum (“a fistful”), akin to pugnus (“the fist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pju?d??l/

Noun

pugil (plural pugils)

1. (obsolete) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.

   • Take violets , and infuse a good pugil of them in a quart of vinegar

   • 1778, William Lewis, The new dispensatory:

     Cinnamon, an ounce and a half; Rosemary flowers, six pugils […]

   • 1699, John Evelyn, Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets:

     Note, That by Parts is to be understood a Pugil; which is no more than one does usually take up between the Thumb and the two next Fingers.

   • 1989, Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen-Gun Salute:

     This kind of success was all luck, and if a man had only a given amount for his own share, it was a shame to fritter away so much as a pugil.

See also

• pugil stick

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pew?- and related to Latin pugnus (“fist”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pu.?il/, [?p?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pu.d??il/, [?pu?d??il]

Noun

pugil m (genitive pugilis); third declension

1. a boxer, pugilist
2. (figuratively) a hardened forehead

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• pugilic?

Related terms

Descendants

• Catalan: púgil
• English: pugilism, pugilist
• Italian: pugile
• Portuguese: púgil
• Spanish: púgil

References

• pugil in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pugil in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pugil in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pugil in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• pugil in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers