pugnacitas
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pugnāx (“combative, fond of fighting”) + -tās.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /puɡˈnaː.ki.taːs/, [pʊŋˈnäːkɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puɲˈɲa.t͡ʃi.tas/, [puɲˈɲäːt͡ʃit̪äs]
Noun[edit]
pugnācitās f (genitive pugnācitātis); third declension
- desire or fondness for fighting
- combativeness, quarrelsomeness, pugnacity, aggressiveness, aggression
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pugnācitās | pugnācitātēs |
| Genitive | pugnācitātis | pugnācitātum |
| Dative | pugnācitātī | pugnācitātibus |
| Accusative | pugnācitātem | pugnācitātēs |
| Ablative | pugnācitāte | pugnācitātibus |
| Vocative | pugnācitās | pugnācitātēs |
References[edit]
- “pugnacitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pugnacitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.