pugnatrix

== Latin == === Etymology === From pūgnō, pūgnātum (“to fight”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [puːŋˈnaː.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [puɲˈɲaː.triks] === Noun === pūgnātrīx f (genitive pūgnātrīcis, masculine pugnātor); third declension Female fighter or combatant. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Old Italian: pugnatrice === References === “pugnatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pugnatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.