pugnax

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from pugnō (“I fight, combat”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pugnāx (genitive pugnācis, adverb pugnāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. combative, fond of fighting, pugnacious, aggressive

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative pugnāx pugnācēs pugnācia
genitive pugnācis pugnācium
dative pugnācī pugnācibus
accusative pugnācem pugnāx pugnācēs pugnācia
ablative pugnācī pugnācibus
vocative pugnāx pugnācēs pugnācia

Descendants

  • Catalan: pugnaç
  • French: pugnace
  • Italian: pugnace
  • Portuguese: pugnaz
  • Spanish: pugnaz

References

  • “pugnax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pugnax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pugnax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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