Dictionary formpugna, pugnae(feminine)
Translation
battle, fight; combat
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | pugna | pugnae |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | pugna | pugnae |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | pugnam | pugnas |
| Genitiveof | pugnae | pugnarum |
| Dativeto, for | pugnae | pugnis |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | pugna | pugnis |
Examples
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The battle was severe.
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Many fell in the fight.
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After the battle peace was made.
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No one could see an end to the fighting.
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He fought many battles.
Pugna, pugnae, f., first declension. It comes from pugnus, "fist", so the picture underneath is hand-to-hand, not a manoeuvre on a map; the verb pugno follows it.
Latin grades its fighting words more finely than English does. Pugna is a fight or an engagement, proelium a formal battle between armies, certamen a contest of any sort including a peaceful one, and bellum the whole war. Pugnam committere is to join battle. The family gives pugnax, expugno ("take by storm", hence impregnable when negated) and oppugno, and English inherits pugnacious, impugn, repugnant and, through the Italian, pugilist.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 10: pugna, iubeo, regio and 7 more words.