adverb
pugnāciter
pugnāciter (comparative pugnācius, superlative pugnācissimē)
Classical[pʊŋˈnaː.kɪ.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[puɲˈɲaː.t͡ʃi.ter]
Meaning
- combatively, fightingly
- aggressively, fiercely
pugnācĭter, adv., v. pugnax
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pūgnāciter adv. with sup.
pugnax, contentiously, violently, obstinately : certare cum aliis: pugnacissime defendere sententiam.
Origins
Derived from pugnāx (“combative”) + -ter (adverbial suffix).