pugnicula

== Latin == === Etymology === From pugna (“a fight, battle”) + -cula (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʊŋˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [puɲˈɲiː.ku.la] === Noun === pugnicula f (genitive pugniculae); first declension diminutive of pugna: a slight contest, a skirmish ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “pugnicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pugnicula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.