pugnator

Latin

Etymology

Derived from pugnō (“I fight”) +‎ -tor (agent noun suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puɡˈnaː.tor/, [pʊŋˈnäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puɲˈɲa.tor/, [puɲˈɲäːt̪or]

Noun

pugnātor m (genitive pugnātōris, feminine pūgnātrīx); third declension

1. fighter, combatant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pugnātor	pugnātōrēs
genitive	pugnātōris	pugnātōrum
dative	pugnātōrī	pugnātōribus
accusative	pugnātōrem	pugnātōrēs
ablative	pugnātōre	pugnātōribus
vocative	pugnātor	pugnātōrēs

Descendants

• Italian: pugnatore (obsolete)

Verb

pugnātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of pugnō

References

• “pugnator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pugnator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pugnator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.