pugnicula

Latin

Etymology

From pugna (a fight, battle) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

pugnicula f (genitive pugniculae); first declension

  1. diminutive of pugna: a slight contest, a skirmish

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pugnicula pugniculae
genitive pugniculae pugniculārum
dative pugniculae pugniculīs
accusative pugniculam pugniculās
ablative pugniculā pugniculīs
vocative pugnicula pugniculae

References

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