noun · neutersecond declension
pugnāculum
pugnāculum n (genitive pugnāculī)
Classical[pʊŋˈnaː.kʊ.ɫũː]Ecclesiastical[puɲˈɲaː.ku.lum]
Meaning
- a fortified place, fortification, fortress, bastion, bulwark
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pugnāculum | pugnācula |
| genitive | pugnāculī | pugnāculōrum |
| dative | pugnāculō | pugnāculīs |
| accusative | pugnāculum | pugnācula |
| ablative | pugnāculō | pugnāculīs |
| vocative | pugnāculum | pugnācula |
pugnācŭlum, i, n. pugno,
I. a fortified place, fortification, fortress, bastion, bulwark (ante- and post-class.), Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 63; Amm. 21, 12, 18.
Origins
From pugnō (“fight”) + -culum.