pugnatrix

Latin

Etymology

From pugnātor (“fighter”) +‎ -trīx (female agent noun suffix). Feminine form of pugnātor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puːɡˈnaː.triːks/, [puːŋˈnäːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puɲˈɲa.triks/, [puɲˈɲäːt̪riks]

Noun

pūgnātrīx f (genitive pūgnātrīcis, masculine pugnātor); third declension

1. Female fighter or combatant.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pūgnātrīx	pūgnātrīcēs
genitive	pūgnātrīcis	pūgnātrīcum
dative	pūgnātrīcī	pūgnātrīcibus
accusative	pūgnātrīcem	pūgnātrīcēs
ablative	pūgnātrīce	pūgnātrīcibus
vocative	pūgnātrīx	pūgnātrīcēs

Descendants

• Old Italian: pugnatrice

References

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