punctura
Latin
Etymology
From perfect passive participle pūnctus (“pricked, punctured, pierced”) + -tūra, from pungō.
Pronunciation
- pūnctūra: (Classical) IPA(key): /puːnkˈtuː.ra/, [puːŋkˈt̪uːrä]
- pūnctūra: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /punkˈtu.ra/, [puŋkˈt̪uːrä]
- pūnctūrā: (Classical) IPA(key): /puːnkˈtuː.raː/, [puːŋkˈt̪uːräː]
- pūnctūrā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /punkˈtu.ra/, [puŋkˈt̪uːrä]
Noun
pūnctūra f (genitive pūnctūrae); first declension
- a pricking, prick, puncture
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pūnctūra | pūnctūrae |
| Genitive | pūnctūrae | pūnctūrārum |
| Dative | pūnctūrae | pūnctūrīs |
| Accusative | pūnctūram | pūnctūrās |
| Ablative | pūnctūrā | pūnctūrīs |
| Vocative | pūnctūra | pūnctūrae |
Participle
pūnctūra
- inflection of pūnctūrus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
pūnctūrā
- ablative feminine singular of pūnctūrus
References
- “punctura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- punctura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- punctura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Noun
punctura f (plural puncturas)
- puncture (hole, cut or tear)
- Synonym: perfuração