Latin edit

Etymology edit

Derived from pugnō (I fight) +‎ -tor (agent noun suffix)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pugnātor m (genitive pugnātōris, feminine pūgnātrīx); third declension

  1. fighter, combatant

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pugnātor pugnātōrēs
Genitive pugnātōris pugnātōrum
Dative pugnātōrī pugnātōribus
Accusative pugnātōrem pugnātōrēs
Ablative pugnātōre pugnātōribus
Vocative pugnātor pugnātōrēs

Descendants edit

  • Italian: pugnatore (obsolete)

Verb edit

pugnātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of pugnō

References edit

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