pugnaculum

Latin

Etymology

From pugnō (“fight”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puɡˈnaː.ku.lum/, [pʊŋˈnäːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puɲˈɲa.ku.lum/, [puɲˈɲäːkulum]

Noun

pugnāculum n (genitive pugnāculī); second declension

1. a fortified place, fortification, fortress, bastion, bulwark

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pugnāculum	pugnācula
Genitive	pugnāculī	pugnāculōrum
Dative	pugnāculō	pugnāculīs
Accusative	pugnāculum	pugnācula
Ablative	pugnāculō	pugnāculīs
Vocative	pugnāculum	pugnācula

References

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