propugno
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈpuɲ.ɲo/
- Rhymes: -uɲɲo
- Hyphenation: pro‧pù‧gno
Verb
propugno
- first-person singular present indicative of propugnare
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proːˈpʊŋ.noː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈpuɲ.ɲo]
Verb
prōpugnō (present infinitive prōpugnāre, perfect active prōpugnāvī, supine prōpugnātum); first conjugation
- to fight or contend for
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico:
- Ipsī ex silvīs rārī prōpugnābant nostrōsque intrā mūnītiōnēs ingredī prohibēbant.
- They fought from the woods in scattered groups and prevented our men from making their way within the fortifications.
- Ipsī ex silvīs rārī prōpugnābant nostrōsque intrā mūnītiōnēs ingredī prohibēbant.
- to defend
- urbs prōpugnāta et līberāta ― defended and liberated city
Conjugation
Conjugation of prōpugnō (first conjugation)
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: propugn
- Italian: propugnare
- Spanish: propugnar
References
- “propugno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “propugno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propugno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- propugno in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Spanish
Verb
propugno
- first-person singular present indicative of propugnar