Italian

Verb

oppugno

1. first-person singular present indicative of oppugnare

Latin

Alternative forms

• obpugnō

Etymology

From ob- +‎ pugnō ‎(“fight, struggle”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /opˈpuŋ.noː/

Verb

oppugnō ‎(present infinitive oppugnāre, perfect active oppugnāvī, supine oppugnātum); first conjugation

1. I attack, assault
2. I storm, besiege

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• pugnō

Descendants

• English: oppugn
• French: oppugner
• Italian: oppugnare
• Portuguese: opugnar
• Spanish: opugnar

References

• oppugno in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oppugno in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oppugno”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to attack, overthrow a tyranny: imperium oppugnare, percellere
    
  • to storm a town: oppidum oppugnare