verb transitive

compungo

2nd PP com-pungere · 3rd PP com-pungnxi · 4th PP com-pungnctum · conj. 3rd

to prick; puncture severely, to sting

to prick or puncture severely, to sting.

(rare but class.): collum dolone, Phaedr. 3, 6, 3: aculeis urticae, Col. 8, 14,… literal ••

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).—

figuratively

(dialectici) ipsi se compungunt suis acuminibus, prick themselves with their… in general •

In gen.: (dialectici) ipsi se compungunt suis acuminibus, prick themselves with their own stings, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158.—

to be goaded by the stings of conscience, to feel remorse

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.

Perseus ID: n9718 Key: compungo