punctura

Latin

Etymology

From perfect passive participle pūnctus (“pricked, punctured, pierced”) +‎ -tūra, from pungō.

Pronunciation

• pūnctūra: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puːnkˈtuː.ra/, [puːŋkˈt̪uːrä]
• pūnctūra: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /punkˈtu.ra/, [puŋkˈt̪uːrä]
• pūnctūrā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puːnkˈtuː.raː/, [puːŋkˈt̪uːräː]
• pūnctūrā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /punkˈtu.ra/, [puŋkˈt̪uːrä]

Noun

pūnctūra f (genitive pūnctūrae); first declension

1. a pricking, prick, puncture

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pūnctūra	pūnctūrae
Genitive	pūnctūrae	pūnctūrārum
Dative	pūnctūrae	pūnctūrīs
Accusative	pūnctūram	pūnctūrās
Ablative	pūnctūrā	pūnctūrīs
Vocative	pūnctūra	pūnctūrae

Participle

(deprecated template usage) pūnctūra

1. nominative feminine singular of pūnctūrus
2. nominative neuter plural of pūnctūrus
3. accusative neuter plural of pūnctūrus
4. vocative feminine singular of pūnctūrus
5. vocative neuter plural of pūnctūrus

Participle

(deprecated template usage) pūnctūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of pūnctūrus

References

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

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Portuguese

Noun

punctura f (plural puncturas)

1. puncture (hole, cut or tear)

Synonyms

• perfuração