pugna
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See also: pugná
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin pugna, from pugnō (“I fight, oppose”), from pugnus (“fist”), from Proto-Indo-European *peuǵ-, *peuḱ- (“prick, punch”).
Noun[edit]
pugna f (plural pugne) (obsolete, literary, poetic)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
pugna (obsolete)
- plural of pugno
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (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.
- E 'l duca mio distese le sue spanne, ¶ prese la terra, e con piene le pugna, ¶ la gittò dentro a le bramose canne.
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto VI, p. 91, vv. 25-27:
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
pugna
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pugnō (“fight”), from pugnus (“fist”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- pugna: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpuɡ.na/, [ˈpʊŋ.na]
- pugna: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpuɲ.ɲa/
- pugnā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpuɡ.naː/, [ˈpʊŋ.naː]
- pugnā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpuɲ.ɲa/
Noun[edit]
pugna f (genitive pugnae); first declension
- a fight, battle, combat, action
- a line of battle, troops drawn up for battle
- a contest, dispute, quarrel
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pugna | pugnae |
Genitive | pugnae | pugnārum |
Dative | pugnae | pugnīs |
Accusative | pugnam | pugnās |
Ablative | pugnā | pugnīs |
Vocative | pugna | pugnae |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
pugnā
References[edit]
- 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, 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
- to provoke the enemy to battle: proelio (ad pugnam) hostes lacessere, provocare
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pugna f (plural pugnas)
Verb[edit]
pugna
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of pugnar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of pugnar
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
pugna
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