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English
Etymology 1
From Latin pugillārēs.
Noun
pugillares
- plural of pugillaris
Etymology 2
Noun
pugillares
- plural of pugillare
Latin
Etymology
From pugillāris (“of or belonging to the fist or hand; that can be held in the hand”), from pugillus (“a handful, fistful”) + -āris.
Pronunciation
Noun
pugillārēs m pl (genitive pugillārium); third declension
- a writing-tablet, notebook
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
Adjective
pugillārēs
- nominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine plural of pugillāris
Noun
pugillārēs
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pugillāris
References
- pugillares in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- pugillares in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “pugillares”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pugillares”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin