pugnacitas

Latin

Etymology

From pugnāx (“combative, fond of fighting”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /puɡˈnaː.ki.taːs/, [pʊŋˈnäːkɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puɲˈɲa.t͡ʃi.tas/, [puɲˈɲäːt͡ʃit̪äs]

Noun

pugnācitās f (genitive pugnācitātis); third declension

desire or fondness for fighting
combativeness, quarrelsomeness, pugnacity, aggressiveness, aggression

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pugnācitās	pugnācitātēs
Genitive	pugnācitātis	pugnācitātum
Dative	pugnācitātī	pugnācitātibus
Accusative	pugnācitātem	pugnācitātēs
Ablative	pugnācitāte	pugnācitātibus
Vocative	pugnācitās	pugnācitātēs

References

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

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