pugilice
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pugil (“fighter, pugilist”) + -ice (adverbially rebracketed form of -icus, pertaining to).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /puˈɡi.li.keː/, [pʊˈɡɪlʲɪkeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puˈd͡ʒi.li.t͡ʃe/, [puˈd͡ʒiːlit͡ʃe]
Adverb[edit]
pugilicē (not comparable)
- like a boxer; vigorously, stoutly
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “pugilice”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pugilice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.