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pugna

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See also: pugná

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Verb

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pugna

  1. inflection of pugnar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin pugna, from pugnō (to fight, oppose), from pugnus (fist), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (prick, punch).

Noun

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pugna f (plural pugne) (obsolete, literary, poetic)

  1. (literally and figuratively) fight, battle, combat
  2. dispute, quarrel

Etymology 2

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Noun

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pugna (obsolete)

  1. plural of pugno
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto VI, p. 91, vv. 25-27:
      E 'l duca mio distese le sue spanne, ¶ prese la terra, e con piene le pugna, ¶ la gittò dentro a le bramose canne.
      And my Conductor, with his spans extended, ¶ took of the earth, and with his fists well filled, ¶ he threw it into those rapacious gullets.

Etymology 3

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Verb

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pugna

  1. inflection of pugnare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From pugnō (to fight), from pugnus (a fist).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pugna f (genitive pugnae); first declension

  1. a fight, battle, combat, action
    Synonyms: proelium, bellum, duellum, dimicatio, certamen
  2. a line of battle, troops drawn up for battle
  3. a contest, dispute, quarrel
    Synonyms: certatus, rixa
Declension
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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pugna pugnae
genitive pugnae pugnārum
dative pugnae pugnīs
accusative pugnam pugnās
ablative pugnā pugnīs
vocative pugna pugnae
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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pugnā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pugnō

References

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  • pugna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pugna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pugna 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)
  • pugna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to provoke the enemy to battle: proelio (ad pugnam) hostes lacessere, provocare
    • to decline battle: pugnam detrectare (Liv. 3. 60)
    • to choose suitable ground for an engagement: locum ad pugnam idoneum deligere
    • to fix a day for the engagement: diem pugnae constituere (B. G. 3. 24)
    • to triumph over some one: triumphum agere de or ex aliquo or c. Gen. (victoriae, pugnae)
    • to fight a battle at sea: pugnam navalem facere
    • (ambiguous) the issue of the day was for a long time uncertain: diu anceps stetit pugna
    • (ambiguous) to come off victorious: superiorem (opp. inferiorem), victorem (proelio, pugna) discedere

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin pugna.

Noun

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pugna f (plural pugnas)

  1. combat; battle; fight
    Synonyms: batalha, combate, luta, peleja
  2. (figurative) struggle
    Synonyms: batalha, luta

Etymology 2

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Verb

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pugna

  1. inflection of pugnar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpuɡna/ [ˈpuɣ̞.na]
  • Rhymes: -uɡna
  • Syllabification: pug‧na

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin pugna.

Noun

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pugna f (plural pugnas)

  1. fight; ruckus
  2. struggle
  3. battle

Etymology 2

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Verb

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pugna

  1. inflection of pugnar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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