propugnaculum

Latin

Etymology

From prōpugnō (“I defend”) +‎ -culum.

Noun

prōpugnāculum n (genitive prōpugnāculī); second declension

  1. bulwark, rampart, fortress
  2. defence

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prōpugnāculum prōpugnācula
Genitive prōpugnāculī prōpugnāculōrum
Dative prōpugnāculō prōpugnāculīs
Accusative prōpugnāculum prōpugnācula
Ablative prōpugnāculō prōpugnāculīs
Vocative prōpugnāculum prōpugnācula

References
  • “propugnaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “propugnaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • propugnaculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • propugnaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “propugnaculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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