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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pu.ɡilˈlaː.ris/, [pʊɡɪlˈlʲäːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.d͡ʒilˈla.ris/, [pud͡ʒilˈläːris]

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).

	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.

	singular			plural
	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

Related terms

• pugilārēs, pugillārēs
• pugilātiō, pugillātiō
• pugilātor, pugillātor
• pugilātōrius, pugillātōrius
• pugilātus, pugillātus
• pugilis
• pugillar
• pugillāria
• pugillāriārius
• pugillātōrius
• pugillus
• pugilor, pugillor

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.