pugio

Meaning

a dagger

Concepts

dagger

🗡️

Daga

dirk

knife

🔪

poniard

whinger

Synonyms

parazonium

sica

🗡️

Translations

Dolch

🗡️

dolk

🗡️

στιλέτο

daga

🗡️

daga

🗡️

stiletto

ξιφίδιο

adaga

🗡️

xencer

poignard

🗡️

deban

εγχειρίδιο

دهبان

dague

🗡️

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpuː.ɡi.oː]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-, same source as Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”).