noun · neutersecond declension
prōpugnāculum
prōpugnāculum n (genitive prōpugnāculī)
Meaning
- bulwark, rampart, fortress
[...] portūsve aut prōpugnācula bellō / tūta parant [...].
… Nor do they prepare ports or ramparts for defense in war. ….29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.87-88 - defence
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōpugnāculum | prōpugnācula |
| genitive | prōpugnāculī | prōpugnāculōrum |
| dative | prōpugnāculō | prōpugnāculīs |
| accusative | prōpugnāculum | prōpugnācula |
| ablative | prōpugnāculō | prōpugnāculīs |
| vocative | prōpugnāculum | prōpugnācula |
prōpugnācŭlum, i, n. propugno,
I. a bulwark, tower, rampart, fortress, defence (class.).
I. Lit.:
pontes et propugnacula jungunt, Verg. A. 9, 170; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88: Siciliae, i. e. the fleet, id. ib. 2, 3, 80, § 186: solidati muri, propugnacula addita, Tac. H. 2, 19: moenium, id. ib. 3, 84: navium, i. e. ships furnished with towers, Hor. Epod. 1, 2; cf.: armatae classes imponunt sibi turrium propugnacula, Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 3: oppositum barbaris, Nep. Them. 6, 5: domus ut propugnacula habeat, Cic. Fam. 14, 18, 2: propugnacula aequoris, dams or dikes, Stat. S. 3, 3, 101: Cremona propugnaculum adversus Gallos, Tac. H. 3, 54.—II. Trop., a bulwark, protection, defence (class.):
lex Aelia et Fufia propugnacula tranquillitatis, Cic. Pis. 4, 9; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40: tyrannidis propugnacula, Nep. Timol. 3, 3; Gell. 7, 3, 47; Liv. 34, 61.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prōpūgnāculum ī, n
propugno, a bulwark, tower, rampart, fortress, defence : ut propugnaculo ceteris (navis) esset: pontīs et propugnacula iungunt, V.: Siciliae, i. e. the fleet : navium, i. e. ships furnished with towers , H.: oppositum barbaris, N.: moenium, Ta.—Fig., a bulwark, protection, defence : lex Aelia et Fufia propugnacula tranquillitatis: tyrannidis propugnacula, N.: firmissimo propugnaculo uti, quod, etc., as his strongest plea , L.
Origins
From prōpugnō (“to defend”) + -culum.