English → Latin
“hard-fought” in Latin
pugnaa fight, battle, combat, action; a line of battle, troops drawn up for battle; a contest, dispute, quarrelācersharp, sour, bitter, pungent; keen, sharp, acute, sagacious; energetic, active, vigorous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hard-fought
proelium durum (Liv., 40, 16); certamen acre; pugna or proelium atrox (a very hard-fought struggle): it was a hard contest, acriter or acerrimo concursu pugnabatur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hard-fought?
- The usual Latin words for “hard-fought” are pugna, ācer. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.