pugnaculum

Latin

Etymology

From pugnō (“fight”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puɡˈnaː.ku.lum/, [pʊŋˈnäːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puɲˈɲa.ku.lum/, [puɲˈɲäːkulum]

Noun

pugnāculum n (genitive pugnāculī); second declension

1. a fortified place, fortification, fortress, bastion, bulwark

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	pugnāculum	pugnācula
genitive	pugnāculī	pugnāculōrum
dative	pugnāculō	pugnāculīs
accusative	pugnāculum	pugnācula
ablative	pugnāculō	pugnāculīs
vocative	pugnāculum	pugnācula

References

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