pūgnō, pūgnāre, pūgnāvī, pūgnātum

Definitions for pūgnāre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to fight
English derivatives:
pugnacious impugn pugilist pugilism

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To contend in battle or sim., fight. (b) (w. preps. indicating adversary; also w. dat.). (c) (w. instrumental abl.). (d) (w. internal or cogn.acc.).
2
(in non-military context) To engage in combat, fight; (also of animals). (b) (of gladiators or sim.); (spec.) to contend as a pugilist, box. (c) to fight or strain against a physical force, obstacle, etc., struggle.
3
(of material or immaterial things, esp. natural forces) To be in conflict, contend, clash, etc. (b) (of conflicting emotions or thoughts).
4
(transf., of persons) To contend in word or action; (esp.). (b) (in a law-court, etc.). (c) (in an argument, discussion). (d) (w. difficulties, feelings, etc.).
5
(w. inf.) To strive (to) in the face of opposition (usu. w. physical effort), struggle (to).

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Sentences with pūgnāre

Latin to English

Caesar, contrā Pompeium pugnātūrus, cōpiās parāvit.Compare Caesar, about to fight against Pompey, prepared his troops.

Militibus persuāsum est ut contrā hostēs pugnārent.Compare The soldiers were persuaded to fight against the enemy.

Tu miles tuus oro, ut ego pugno copia facio.Compare We, your soldiers, beseech you to give us an opportunity of fighting.

Diu quum pugno, nosterque graviter a multitudo premo, consumptus omnis telum, impetus in cohors facio.Compare When the battle had lasted (when it had been fought) a long time, and our men were being hard pressed by numbers, all their missiles being spent, they charge the cohorts.

Uni se atque eidem studio omnes dedere et arti—verba dare ut caute possint, pugnare dolose, blanditia certare, bonum simulare virum se, insidias facere ut si hostes sint omnibus omnes.Compare They are all up to the same tricks, engaged in the same business; cheating each other cleverly, battling treacherously, outdoing one another in flattery, posing as respectable citizens, laying traps for each other—all of then acting as though each were the other's mortal enemy.

Conjugation table for pūgnāre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
pūgnō pūgnās pūgnat pūgnāmus pūgnātis pūgnant	pūgnābam pūgnābās pūgnābat pūgnābāmus pūgnābātis pūgnābant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
pūgnāvī pūgnāvistī pūgnāvit pūgnāvimus pūgnāvistis pūgnāvērunt / pūgnāvēre	pūgnāveram pūgnāverās pūgnāverat pūgnāverāmus pūgnāverātis pūgnāverant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
pūgnābō pūgnābis pūgnābit pūgnābimus pūgnābitis pūgnābunt	pūgnāverō pūgnāveris pūgnāverit pūgnāverimus pūgnāveritis pūgnāverint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
pūgnem pūgnēs pūgnet pūgnēmus pūgnētis pūgnent	pūgnārem pūgnārēs pūgnāret pūgnārēmus pūgnārētis pūgnārent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
pūgnāverim pūgnāveris pūgnāverit pūgnāverimus pūgnāveritis pūgnāverint	pūgnāvissem pūgnāvissēs pūgnāvisset pūgnāvissēmus pūgnāvissētis pūgnāvissent
Infinitive present pūgnāre Infinitive perfect pūgnāvisse Infinitive future pūgnātūrum esse	Imperative present pūgnā pūgnāte Imperative future pūgnātō pūgnātō pūgnātōte pūgnantō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
pūgnor pūgnāris pūgnātur pūgnāmur pūgnāminī pūgnantur	pūgnābar pūgnābāris / pūgnābāre pūgnābātur pūgnābāmur pūgnābāminī pūgnābantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
pūgnātus sum pūgnātus es pūgnātus est pūgnātī sumus pūgnātī estis pūgnātī sunt	pūgnātus eram pūgnātus erās pūgnātus erat pūgnātī erāmus pūgnātī erātis pūgnātī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
pūgnābor pūgnāberis / pūgnābere pūgnābitur pūgnābimur pūgnābiminī pūgnābuntur	pūgnātus erō pūgnātus eris pūgnātus erit pūgnātī erimus pūgnātī eritis pūgnātī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
pūgner pūgnēris / pūgnēre pūgnētur pūgnēmur pūgnēminī pūgnentur	pūgnārer pūgnārēris / pūgnārēre pūgnārētur pūgnārēmur pūgnārēminī pūgnārentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
pūgnātus sim pūgnātus sīs pūgnātus sit pūgnātī sīmus pūgnātī sītis pūgnātī sint	pūgnātus essem pūgnātus essēs pūgnātus esset pūgnātī essēmus pūgnātī essētis pūgnātī essent
Infinitive present pūgnārī Infinitive perfect pūgnātum esse Infinitive future pūgnātum īrī	Imperative present pūgnāre pūgnāminī Imperative future pūgnātor pūgnātor - pūgnāntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	pūgnāns	pūgnantēs
Gen.	pūgnantis	pūgnantium
Dat.	pūgnantī	pūgnantibus
Acc.	pūgnantem	pūgnantēs
Abl.	pūgnante	pūgnantibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	pūgnātūrus	pūgnātūrī
Gen.	pūgnātūrī	pūgnātūrōrum
Dat.	pūgnātūrō	pūgnātūrīs
Acc.	pūgnātūrum	pūgnātūrōs
Abl.	pūgnātūrō	pūgnātūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	pūgnātus	pūgnātī
Gen.	pūgnātī	pūgnātōrum
Dat.	pūgnātō	pūgnātīs
Acc.	pūgnātum	pūgnātōs
Abl.	pūgnātō	pūgnātīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	pūgnandus	pūgnandī
Gen.	pūgnandī	pūgnandōrum
Dat.	pūgnandō	pūgnandīs
Acc.	pūgnandum	pūgnandōs
Abl.	pūgnandō	pūgnandīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	pūgnāre	pūgnātum
Gen.	pūgnandī	pūgnātū
Dat.	pūgnandō
Acc.	pūgnandum
Abl.	pūgnandō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 197.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1516.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "pūgnō, pūgnāre, pūgnāvī, pūgnātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 20, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/pugno-pugnare-pugnavi-pugnatum.