pugno

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See also: pugnó and pugnò

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

pugno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pugnar

Esperanto[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pugno, from Latin pugnus (“fist; handful”). Compare French poing. Related to pojno. Doublet of ponardo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pugno (accusative singular pugnon, plural pugnoj, accusative plural pugnojn)

  1. fist
    Li kolerplene svingis al mi sian pugnon. "Nun min batalu!" li kriis.
    He angrily swung his fist at me. "Fight me already!" he cried.

Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

pugno (plural pugnos)

  1. fist

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin pugnus, from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos, from *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”).

Noun[edit]

pugno m (plural pugni or (archaic or literary) pugna f)

  1. fist
  2. punch
  3. fistful, handful
  4. (figurative, by extension) small quantity; handful
    • 2020 September 24, Massimo Basile, “Biden sì, ma non troppo: nel Minnesota di Floyd nessun voto è scontato [Biden yes, but not too much: in Floyd's Minnesota no vote is taken for granted]”, in la Repubblica‎[1]:
      In realtà da decenni qui i repubblicani perdono per un pugno di voti.
      In reality, for decades Repubblicans have been losing by a handful of votes.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Greek: μπουνιά f (bouniá)

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

pugno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pugnare

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pugnus (“fist”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pugnō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of pugnus

Verb[edit]

pugnō (present infinitive pugnāre, perfect active pugnāvī, supine pugnātum); first conjugation

  1. to fight, combat, battle, engage
    Synonyms: lūctor, repugnō, contendō, dēcernō, committō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, serō, dēcertō
  2. to contend, conflict, oppose, contradict
  3. to endeavour, struggle, strive
    Synonyms: lūctor, ēlabōrō, certō, cōnītor, cōnor, appetō, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, contendō, adnītor, labōrō, īnsequor, molior, perīclitor, nītor, ēnītor, spectō

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of pugnō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pugnō pugnās pugnat pugnāmus pugnātis pugnant
imperfect pugnābam pugnābās pugnābat pugnābāmus pugnābātis pugnābant
future pugnābō pugnābis pugnābit pugnābimus pugnābitis pugnābunt
perfect pugnāvī pugnāvistī,
pugnāstī1 		pugnāvit,
pugnāt1 		pugnāvimus,
pugnāmus1 		pugnāvistis,
pugnāstis1 		pugnāvērunt,
pugnāvēre,
pugnārunt1
pluperfect pugnāveram,
pugnāram1 		pugnāverās,
pugnārās1 		pugnāverat,
pugnārat1 		pugnāverāmus,
pugnārāmus1 		pugnāverātis,
pugnārātis1 		pugnāverant,
pugnārant1
future perfect pugnāverō,
pugnārō1 		pugnāveris,
pugnāris1 		pugnāverit,
pugnārit1 		pugnāverimus,
pugnārimus1 		pugnāveritis,
pugnāritis1 		pugnāverint,
pugnārint1
passive present pugnor pugnāris,
pugnāre 		pugnātur pugnāmur pugnāminī pugnantur
imperfect pugnābar pugnābāris,
pugnābāre 		pugnābātur pugnābāmur pugnābāminī pugnābantur
future pugnābor pugnāberis,
pugnābere 		pugnābitur pugnābimur pugnābiminī pugnābuntur
perfect pugnātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect pugnātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect pugnātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pugnem pugnēs pugnet pugnēmus pugnētis pugnent
imperfect pugnārem pugnārēs pugnāret pugnārēmus pugnārētis pugnārent
perfect pugnāverim,
pugnārim1 		pugnāverīs,
pugnārīs1 		pugnāverit,
pugnārit1 		pugnāverīmus,
pugnārīmus1 		pugnāverītis,
pugnārītis1 		pugnāverint,
pugnārint1
pluperfect pugnāvissem,
pugnāssem1 		pugnāvissēs,
pugnāssēs1 		pugnāvisset,
pugnāsset1 		pugnāvissēmus,
pugnāssēmus1 		pugnāvissētis,
pugnāssētis1 		pugnāvissent,
pugnāssent1
passive present pugner pugnēris,
pugnēre 		pugnētur pugnēmur pugnēminī pugnentur
imperfect pugnārer pugnārēris,
pugnārēre 		pugnārētur pugnārēmur pugnārēminī pugnārentur
perfect pugnātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect pugnātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — pugnā — — pugnāte —
future — pugnātō pugnātō — pugnātōte pugnantō
passive present — pugnāre — — pugnāminī —
future — pugnātor pugnātor — — pugnantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pugnāre pugnāvisse,
pugnāsse1 		pugnātūrum esse pugnārī pugnātum esse pugnātum īrī
participles pugnāns — pugnātūrus — pugnātus pugnandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pugnandī pugnandō pugnandum pugnandō pugnātum pugnātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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References[edit]

  • “pugno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pugno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pugno in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pugno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be mutually contradictory: inter se pugnare or repugnare
    • to contradict oneself, be inconsistent: secum pugnare (without sibi); sibi repugnare (of things)
    • to fight for hearth and home: pro aris et focis pugnare, certare, dimicare
    • to fight on horseback: ex equo pugnare
    • the issue of the battle is undecided: ancipiti Marte pugnatur
    • to fight hand-to-hand, at close quarters: collatis signis (viribus) pugnare
    • to fight in open order: laxatis (opp. confertis) ordinibus pugnare
    • to fight like lions: ferarum ritu pugnare
    • to fight in skirmishing order: rari dispersique pugnare (B. C. 1. 44)
    • (ambiguous) the issue of the day was for a long time uncertain: diu anceps stetit pugna
    • (ambiguous) to come off victorious: superiorem (opp. inferiorem), victorem (proelio, pugna) discedere

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

pugno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pugnar

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuɡno/ [ˈpuɣ̞.no]
  • Rhymes: -uɡno
  • Syllabification: pug‧no

Verb[edit]

pugno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pugnar
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