pugnaculum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pugnō (“fight”) + -culum.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /puɡˈnaː.ku.lum/, [pʊŋˈnäːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puɲˈɲa.ku.lum/, [puɲˈɲäːkulum]
Noun[edit]
pugnāculum n (genitive pugnāculī); second declension
- a fortified place, fortification, fortress, bastion, bulwark
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | 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.