Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
settle it with your fists
Latin translation:
pugnis certare
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Andreea Bostan
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English term
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settle it with your fists
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i have the litteral translation for this, but i require the actual idiomatic meaning...can anybody help?
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When You Want It Done Right
Native in: English (Variant: British) , Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
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pugnis certare
A Ciceronian idiom (Tusc. Disp. 5.27.77, and elsewhere). The ablative is instrumental. If you're looking for the imperative sing. act., it would be 'certa pugnis', plur. act. 'certate pugnis'.
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