pugillum

Latin

Alternative forms

• pugillus
• pugilus

Etymology

From pugnus (“fist, fistful, handful”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puˈɡil.lum/, [pʊˈɡɪlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈd͡ʒil.lum/, [puˈd͡ʒilːum]

Noun

pugillum n (genitive pugillī); second declension

1. handful, fistful

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	pugillum	pugilla
genitive	pugillī	pugillōrum
dative	pugillō	pugillīs
accusative	pugillum	pugilla
ablative	pugillō	pugillīs
vocative	pugillum	pugilla

Related terms

• pugnus
• pugil

References

• “pugillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press