pugnācĭtas

ātis, f.

pugnax

I. desire or fondness for fighting, combativeness, quarrelsomeness, pugnacity (post-Aug.), Quint. 4, 3, 2; Tac. Dial. 31; Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 101.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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