pugnicula

Latin

Etymology

From pugna (“a fight, battle”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puɡˈni.ku.la/, [pʊŋˈnɪkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puɲˈɲi.ku.la/, [puɲˈɲiːkulä]

Noun

pugnicula f (genitive pugniculae); first declension

1. diminutive of pugna: a slight contest, a skirmish

Declension

First-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	pugnicula	pugniculae
genitive	pugniculae	pugniculārum
dative	pugniculae	pugniculīs
accusative	pugniculam	pugniculās
ablative	pugniculā	pugniculīs
vocative	pugnicula	pugniculae

References

• “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.