LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

pugil

pugil m (genitive pugilis)
Classical[ˈpʊ.ɡɪɫ]Ecclesiastical[ˈpuː.d͡ʒil]

Meaning

  1. masculinea boxer, pugilist
  2. figurativelymasculinea hardened forehead

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī pugnīs certat
pugil -ilis (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 13

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepugilpugilēs
genitivepugilispugilum
dativepugilīpugilibus
accusativepugilempugilēs
ablativepugile
pugilī		pugilibus
vocativepugilpugilēs

pŭgil, ĭlis (u scanned long, Prud. Contr. Symm. 2, 516; nom. pugilis, Varr. Sat. Men. 22, 2, p. 116), m. root pug- in Gr. πύξ, with the fist; cf.: pugna, pugillus, pungo, etc..
I. One who fights with the cestus, a boxer, pugilist, Gell. 3, 15, 3; Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40; 2, 23, 55; id. Brut. 69, 243; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 24; Hor. C. 4, 2, 18; 4, 3, 4; id. S. 2, 3, 30; id. A. P. 84; Ov. Am. 3, 2, 54; id. F. 5, 700; Suet. Aug. 45; id. Calig. 18.— *
II. Transf.: os pugilis, a hardened, i. e. shameless forehead, Asin. Gall. poët. ap. Suet. Gram. 22.

Origins

From pungō (“to sting, pierce”) + -ilis. Lacks the present tense n-infix like figulus. Final -is was dropped in the nominative singular as in vigil.

Descendants
  • Catalanpúgil
  • Englishpugilism
  • Englishpugilist
  • Italianpugile
  • Portuguesepúgil
  • Spanishpúgil

Quick answers

What does pugil mean in Latin?
pugil, a noun, means “a boxer, pugilist; a hardened forehead”.
What is the genitive of pugil?
The genitive singular is pugilis. pugil is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce pugil?
In classical Latin, [ˈpʊ.ɡɪɫ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpuː.d͡ʒil].