pugnatrix

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pugnātor (fighter) +‎ -trīx (female agent noun suffix). Feminine form of pugnātor.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pūgnātrīx f (genitive pūgnātrīcis, masculine pugnātor); third declension

  1. Female fighter or combatant.

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pūgnātrīx pūgnātrīcēs
Genitive pūgnātrīcis pūgnātrīcum
Dative pūgnātrīcī pūgnātrīcibus
Accusative pūgnātrīcem pūgnātrīcēs
Ablative pūgnātrīce pūgnātrīcibus
Vocative pūgnātrīx pūgnātrīcēs

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Italian: pugnatrice

References[edit]

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