pugnaculum

Latin

Etymology

From pugnō (“fight”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /puɡˈnaː.ku.lum/, [pʊŋˈnäːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puɲˈɲa.ku.lum/, [puɲˈɲäːkulum]

Noun

pugnāculum n (genitive pugnāculī); second declension

  1. a fortified place, fortification, fortress, bastion, bulwark

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pugnāculum pugnācula
Genitive pugnāculī pugnāculōrum
Dative pugnāculō pugnāculīs
Accusative pugnāculum pugnācula
Ablative pugnāculō pugnāculīs
Vocative pugnāculum pugnācula

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