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.