pill
PILL
catapotium (καταπότιον as that which is gulped down); pure Latin pilula (medicata Plin.); globulus (Scribonius Larg.): to take a pill pilulam sumere: figuratively to give one a pill pungere tangere aliquem: to swallow a pill patienter tolerare devorare acerbitatem molestiam: he has swallowed that pill haec concoxit (after Cic.).
catapotium (καταπότιον as that which is gulped down); pure Latin pilula (medicata Plin.); globulus (Scribonius Larg.): to take a pill pilulam sumere: figuratively to give one a pill pungere tangere aliquem: to swallow a pill patienter tolerare devorare acerbitatem molestiam: he has swallowed that pill haec concoxit (after Cic.).
pill: pĭlŭla: Plin. 28, 9, 37 § 138 M. L. Phr.: that was a bitter p. for him to swallow, *tulit hoc molestissime acerbissimeque, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, 152; *hanc contumeliam iniquissimo animo concoxit.