pugna

pūgna ae, f

PAC-, a hand-to-hand fight, fight at close quarters, battle, combat, action, engagement : eam pugnam laudibus tulit, i. e. the single combat , L.: res ad pugnam atque ad manūs vocabatur, came to blows : diuturnitate pugnae defessi, Cs.: magna, L.: equestris, a cavalry action : pedestris, V.: gladiatoria: navalis, N.: calamitosissima: mala, S.: Quinquennis Graia Elide pugna, i. e. the games , O.— Troops drawn up for battle, a line of battle : mediam pugnam tueri, the middle line , L.: segregat pugnam eorum, L.: pugnam mutare, Cu.— A battle, contest, dispute, quarrel : Dabit hic pugnam aliquam denuo, i. e. will make some new trouble , T.: doctissimorum hominum: Audiet pugnas iuventus, stories of battle , H.