pycta

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πύκτης (púktēs).

Pronunciation

Noun

pycta m (genitive pyctae); first declension

  1. Prizefighter, boxer, pugilist
  2. A (fighting) cock

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pycta pyctae
genitive pyctae pyctārum
dative pyctae pyctīs
accusative pyctam pyctās
ablative pyctā pyctīs
vocative pycta pyctae

Synonyms

References

  • pycta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pycta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.