pugnacitas
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pugnāx (“combative, fond of fighting”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /puɡˈnaː.ki.taːs/, [pʊŋˈnäːkɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puɲˈɲa.t͡ʃi.tas/, [puɲˈɲäːt͡ʃit̪äs]
Noun
[edit]pugnācitās f (genitive pugnācitātis); third declension
- desire or fondness for fighting
- combativeness, quarrelsomeness, pugnacity, aggressiveness, aggression
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | pugnācitās | pugnācitātēs |
genitive | pugnācitātis | pugnācitātum |
dative | pugnācitātī | pugnācitātibus |
accusative | pugnācitātem | pugnācitātēs |
ablative | pugnācitāte | pugnācitātibus |
vocative | pugnācitās | pugnācitātēs |
References
[edit]- “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.