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.