Esperanto

Noun

pugno ‎(accusative singular pugnon, plural pugnoj, accusative plural pugnojn)

1. fist

Interlingua

Noun

pugno ‎(plural pugnos)

1. fist

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pugnus, from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos, *puḱnos, from *pewǵ-, *peuḱ- ‎(“prick, punch”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɲo/, [ˈpuɲ.ɲo]
• Hyphenation: pù‧gno

Noun

pugno m ‎(plural pugni, obsolete plural pugna)

1. fist
2. punch
3. fistful, handful

Derived terms

• pugnale

Related terms

• impugnare
• pugnare
• pugnello
• dare un pugno

Descendants

• Greek: μπουνιά f ‎(bouniá)

Verb

pugno

1. first-person singular present indicative of pugnare

Anagrams

• pungo

Latin

Etymology

From pugnus ‎(“fist”), from Proto-Indo-European *puǵ-no-, from *peuǵ-, *peuḱ- ‎(“prick, punch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɡ.noː/, [ˈpʊŋ.noː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɲːo/, [ˈpuɲ.ɲo]

Verb

pugnō ‎(present infinitive pugnāre, perfect active pugnāvī, supine pugnātum); first conjugation

1. I fight, combat, battle, engage.
2. I contend, conflict, oppose, contradict.
3. I endeavour, struggle, strive.

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Catalan: punyar
• Italian: pugnare
• Spanish: puñar

See also

• pungō

References

• pugno in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pugno in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PUGNO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pugno”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be mutually contradictory: inter se pugnare or repugnare
    
  • to contradict oneself, be inconsistent: secum pugnare (without sibi); sibi repugnare (of things)
    
  • to fight for hearth and home: pro aris et focis pugnare, certare, dimicare
    
  • to fight on horseback: ex equo pugnare
    
  • the issue of the battle is undecided: ancipiti Marte pugnatur
    
  • to fight hand-to-hand, at close quarters: collatis signis (viribus) pugnare
    
  • to fight in open order: laxatis (opp. confertis) ordinibus pugnare
    
  • to fight like lions: ferarum ritu pugnare
    
  • to fight in skirmishing order: rari dispersique pugnare (B. C. 1. 44)
    
  • (ambiguous) the issue of the day was for a long time uncertain: diu anceps stetit pugna
    
  • (ambiguous) to come off victorious: superiorem (opp. inferiorem), victorem (proelio, pugna) discedere
    

Spanish

Verb

pugno

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of pugnar.