pugnans

== Latin == === Etymology === Present participle of pugnō. === Participle === pugnāns (genitive pugnantis); third-declension one-termination participle fighting, combating opposing ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.