pugnatrix

Latin

Etymology

From pugnātor (“fighter”) +‎ -trīx (female agent noun suffix). Feminine form of pugnātor.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /puːɡˈnaː.triːks/, [puːŋˈnaː.triːks]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puˈɲa.triks/, [puɲˈɲaː.triks]

Noun

pūgnātrīx f (genitive pūgnātrīcis); third declension

  1. Female fighter or combatant.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pūgnātrīx pūgnātrīcēs
Genitive pūgnātrīcis pūgnātrīcum
Dative pūgnātrīcī pūgnātrīcibus
Accusative pūgnātrīcem pūgnātrīcēs
Ablative pūgnātrīce pūgnātrīcibus
Vocative pūgnātrīx pūgnātrīcēs

Descendants

References
  • pugnatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pugnatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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