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.