pugnans

pugnans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of pugnō.

Participle

pugnāns (genitive pugnantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. fighting, combating
2. opposing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	pugnāns			pugnantēs	pugnantia
Genitive	pugnantis			pugnantium
Dative	pugnantī			pugnantibus
Accusative	pugnantem	pugnāns		pugnantēs pugnantīs	pugnantia
Ablative	pugnante pugnantī1			pugnantibus
Vocative	pugnāns			pugnantēs	pugnantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• pugnans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to make contradictory, inconsistent statements: pugnantia loqui (Tusc. 1. 7. 13)