pugnaculum
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom pugnō (“fight”) + -culum.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /puɡˈnaː.ku.lum/, [pʊŋˈnäːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puɲˈɲa.ku.lum/, [puɲˈɲäːkulum]
Noun
editpugnāculum n (genitive pugnāculī); second declension
- a fortified place, fortification, fortress, bastion, bulwark
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pugnāculum | pugnācula |
| genitive | pugnāculī | pugnāculōrum |
| dative | pugnāculō | pugnāculīs |
| accusative | pugnāculum | pugnācula |
| ablative | pugnāculō | pugnāculīs |
| vocative | pugnāculum | pugnācula |
References
edit- “pugnaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pugnaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.