[2070] pugilātus (pugillātus), ūs, m. (pugilor), das Kämpfen mit dem Cästus, der Faustkampf, corporum certationes cursu et pugillatu et luctatione curriculisque usque ad certam victoriam circo constitutae, Cic. de legg. 2, 38: ferientium pugilatus, Augustin. serm. 216, 6: ibi cursu, luctando, disco, hastā, pugilatu, pilā, saliendo sese exercere, Plaut. Bacch. 428: certare in pugilatu, Plin. 8, 82: pugilatum exercere, Augustin. de civ. dei 18, 17: scherzh., hic homo pugilatum incipit, Plaut. capt. 793.