pugillaris

English

Etymology

Latin pugillaris (“fist”), since they were hand-sized.

Noun

pugillaris (plural pugillares)

1. (historical) A kind of notebook or tablet used in Ancient Rome.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pu.ɡilˈlaː.ris/, [pʊɡɪlˈlʲäːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.d͡ʒilˈla.ris/, [pud͡ʒilˈläːris]

Noun

pugillāris m (genitive pugillāris); third declension

1. Alternative form of pugillārēs

Usage notes

• Normally found in the plural.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pugillāris	pugillārēs
Genitive	pugillāris	pugillārium
Dative	pugillārī	pugillāribus
Accusative	pugillārem	pugillārēs pugillārīs
Ablative	pugillāre	pugillāribus
Vocative	pugillāris	pugillārēs

Adjective

pugillāris (neuter pugillāre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (relational) fist

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	pugillāris	pugillāre		pugillārēs	pugillāria
Genitive	pugillāris			pugillārium
Dative	pugillārī			pugillāribus
Accusative	pugillārem	pugillāre		pugillārēs pugillārīs	pugillāria
Ablative	pugillārī			pugillāribus
Vocative	pugillāris	pugillāre		pugillārēs	pugillāria

Related terms

• pugilārēs, pugillārēs
• pugilātiō, pugillātiō
• pugilātor, pugillātor
• pugilātōrius, pugillātōrius
• pugilātus, pugillātus
• pugilis
• pugillar
• pugillāria
• pugillāriārius
• pugillātōrius
• pugillus
• pugilor, pugillor

Noun

pugillāris

1. genitive singular of pugillar

Noun

pugillārīs

1. accusative plural of pugillārēs

References

• “pugillaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pugillaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pugillaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.