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repagula

repagula, a barrier, bolts, bars

rĕ-pāgŭla, ōrum, n. [pag, pango, that which is thrust back again],
  • bolts or bars of a door.
    • A Lit.: occludite aedes pessulis, repagulis, Plaut. Cist. 3, 18 (648): valvae clausae repagulis, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74: convulsis repagulis (templi) effractisque valvis, id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94: sola Venus portae cecidisse repagula sensit, Ov. M. 14, 783: pedibusque repagula pulsant, 2, 155; 5, 120; Sil. 16, 318: laxare, Luc. 1, 295; Ap. Met. 1, 14, 3; cf. Fest. p. 280 Müll.—
    • B Trop., bars, restraints, limits: repagula, quibus ego iram omnem recludam, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 66: omnia repagula juris pudoris officiique perfringere, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39.

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