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Italian
Verb
pungo
- first-person singular present indicative of pungere
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *pungō (with punctus for *puctus after pungō), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”). Near cognates include Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”). Related to pugnus.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
pungō (present infinitive pungere, perfect active pupugī, supine pūnctum); third conjugation
- to prick, puncture, sting
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References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pungō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 499
Further reading
- “pungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pungo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.