pugnaculum

Latin

Etymology

From pugnō (“fight”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /puɡˈnaː.ku.lum/, [pʊŋˈnäːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puɲˈɲa.ku.lum/, [puɲˈɲäːkulum]

Noun

pugnāculum n (genitive pugnāculī); second declension

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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