pugnicula
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom pugna (“a fight, battle”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /puɡˈni.ku.la/, [pʊŋˈnɪkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puɲˈɲi.ku.la/, [puɲˈɲiːkulä]
Noun
editpugnicula f (genitive pugniculae); first declension
- diminutive of pugna: a slight contest, a skirmish
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pugnicula | pugniculae |
Genitive | pugniculae | pugniculārum |
Dative | pugniculae | pugniculīs |
Accusative | pugniculam | pugniculās |
Ablative | pugniculā | pugniculīs |
Vocative | pugnicula | pugniculae |
References
edit- “pugnicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pugnicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.