¹ pilas istas vel pugillos qui in morem pilae laxae et flaccidae circum ponebantur bracchiis pugillantium flacculas a Trebellio vocatas arbitror, si pilas intelligamus, aut flacculos si pugillos.

² Mélanges Ernout, p. 155. Frère compares auriflaccus ‘cauliflower-eared’, of C.G.L. iii. 330.46, a gloss on ὠτοκλαδ⋯ας (cf.ὠτοθλαδ⋯ας). The analogy is of course only approximate, as flaccus in one case refers to the condition of the ears after being struck, the other to the actual composition of the boxing-glove.

³ Her. 6 (ii. 147. 4 Kayser).

⁴ The neglect of the Philostratus passage may be due to its omission in Jüthner's basic study Über antike Turngeräthe, where (p. 84) he compares the flacculi of Treb. Poll, to the ⋯π⋯σφαιρα of Plut. Mor. 825e (but see Frère, op. cit., p. 151). Fleece gauntlets of some sort are implied in the boxing match in Statius, Theb. vi. 786 (summo maculas in uellere uidit).

⁵ In modern times also gloves used for sparring (apparently referred to in the profession as ‘pillows’) are much heavier and more thickly padded than those used in the ring.