pugillaris

English

Etymology

Latin pugillaris (“fist”), since they were hand-sized.

Noun

pugillaris (plural pugillares)

  1. (historical) A kind of notebook or tablet used in Ancient Rome.

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

pugillāris m (genitive pugillāris); third declension

  1. Alternative form of pugillārēs

Usage notes
  • Normally found in the plural.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pugillāris pugillārēs
Genitive pugillāris pugillārium
Dative pugillārī pugillāribus
Accusative pugillārem pugillārēs
pugillārīs
Ablative pugillāre pugillāribus
Vocative pugillāris pugillārēs

Adjective

pugillāris (neuter pugillāre); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (relational) fist

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative pugillāris pugillāre pugillārēs pugillāria
Genitive pugillāris pugillārium
Dative pugillārī pugillāribus
Accusative pugillārem pugillāre pugillārēs
pugillārīs		 pugillāria
Ablative pugillārī pugillāribus
Vocative pugillāris pugillāre pugillārēs pugillāria

Noun

pugillāris

  1. genitive singular of pugillar

Noun

pugillārīs

  1. accusative plural of pugillārēs

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