pycta

== Latin == === Alternative forms === pyctēs === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek πύκτης (púktēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpyk.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpik.ta] === Noun === pycta m (genitive pyctae); first declension Prizefighter, boxer, pugilist A (fighting) cock ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== pugil === References === “pycta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pycta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.