pugillaris
English
Etymology
Latin pugillaris (“fist”), since they were hand-sized.
Noun
pugillaris (plural pugillares)
- (historical) A kind of notebook or tablet used in Ancient Rome.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʊ.ɡɪlˈlaː.rɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pu.d͡ʒilˈlaː.ris]
Noun
pugillāris m (genitive pugillāris); third declension
- 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
- (relational) fist
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | pugillāris | pugillāre | pugillārēs | pugillāria | |
| genitive | pugillāris | pugillārium | |||
| dative | pugillārī | pugillāribus | |||
| accusative | pugillārem | pugillāre | pugillārēs pugillārīs |
pugillāria | |
| ablative | pugillārī | pugillāribus | |||
| vocative | pugillāris | pugillāre | pugillārēs | pugillāria | |
Related terms
Noun
pugillāris
- genitive singular of pugillar
Noun
pugillārīs
- 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.