pūgnāx ācis, adj.with comp.and sup.
pugno, fond of fighting, combative, warlike, martial : centuriones: Minerva, O.: filius Thetidis, H.: gentes pugnacissimae, Cu.: Cumque sit ignis aquae pugnax, at war with , O.— Combative, quarrelsome, contentious, passionate : oratio pugnacior: exordium dicendi.— Obstinate, pertinacious : nimis pugnax esse noluit: contra senatorem.