pugnicula

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /puɡˈni.ku.la/, [pʊŋˈnɪkʊɫ̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puɲˈɲi.ku.la/, [puɲˈɲiːkulä]

Noun

pugnicula f (genitive pugniculae); first declension

Diminutive of pugna: a slight contest, a skirmish

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	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.

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