pugillaris

English

Etymology

Latin pugillaris (fist), since they were hand-sized.

Noun

pugillaris (plural pugillares)

  1. (historical) A kind of notebook or tablet used in Ancient Rome.

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

pugillāris m (genitive pugillāris); third declension

  1. alternative form of pugillārēs

Usage notes

  • Normally found in the plural.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative pugillāris pugillārēs
genitive pugillāris pugillārium
dative pugillārī pugillāribus
accusative pugillārem pugillārēs
pugillārīs
ablative pugillāre pugillāribus
vocative pugillāris pugillārēs

Adjective

pugillāris (neuter pugillāre); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (relational) fist

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Noun

pugillāris

  1. genitive singular of pugillar

Noun

pugillārīs

  1. accusative plural of pugillārēs

References

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