pugnax
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
Latin > English
pugnax (gen.), pugnacis ADJ :: pugnacious
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pugnax: ācis, adj. pugno,
I fond of fighting, combative, warlike, martial.
I Lit.: centuriones pugnaces, Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 26: acer et pugnax, id. Rep. 5, 8, 10 (from Non. 337, 31): Minerva, Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 7: Achivi, Hor. C. 3, 3, 27: filius Thetidis, id. ib. 4, 6, 8: gens, Tac. Agr. 17: hastas, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 8), 25: pugnacissimus quique, Tac. H. 4, 60: gentes pugnacissimae, Curt. 3, 9, 3: hac legione noli pugnacius quidquam putare, Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam, 10, 31, 5: aries, Col. 7, 3, 6; cf.: galli gallinacei pugnacissimi duo, Petr. 86: ensis, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 48.— Poet., with inf.: tenui pugnax instare veruto, Sil. 3, 363.—
B Trop., of a speech or of the speaker, combative, quarrelsome, contentious: oratio pugnacior (opp. pacatior), Cic. Brut. 31, 121: oratio pugnax et contentiosa, Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 5: exordium dicendi vehemens et pugnax, non saepe esse debeat, Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317.—
II Transf., in gen., obstinate, refractory, pertinacious: Graecus nimis pugnax esse noluit, Cic. Pis. 28, 70: non est pugnax in vitiis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1.—Of things, concrete and abstract; with dat.: ignis aquae pugnax, Ov. M. 1, 432; Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13: musta, harsh, id. 14, 20, 25, § 125: quid ferri duritiā pugnacius? id. 36, 16, 25, § 127.—Hence, adv.: pugnācĭter, contentiously, violently, obstinately: certare cum aliis pugnaciter, Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 65: dicere, Quint. 9, 4, 126: ferire, Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 11.—Comp.: alia pugnacius dicenda, Quint. 9, 4, 130.— Sup.: pugnacissime defendere sententiam, Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pugnāx,¹¹ ācis (pugno),
1 belliqueux, ardent à la lutte : Cic. Phil. 8, 26 ; Rep. 5, 10 ; gentes pugnacissimæ Curt. 3, 9, 3, nations les plus belliqueuses || [avec inf.] acharné à : Sil. 3, 363 || [fig.] belliqueux : oratio pugnacior Cic. Br. 121, style sentant trop la bataille, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 317
2 acharné, luttant âprement : Cic. Pis. 70 ; pugnax in vitiis Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1, entêté dans ses défauts || pugnacia musta Plin. 14, 125, moûts âpres.
Latin > German (Georges)
pūgnāx, ācis (pugno), kampflustig, -rüstig, streitbegierig, streitbar, kriegerisch, I) eig.: pugn. Minerva, Ov.: pugn. centurio, Cic.: pugn. ensis, Ov.: pugnacissimi quique, Tac.: pugnacissimae (apes), Sen.: pugnax m. folg. Infin., Sil. 3, 363. – II) übtr.: A) streitbar, kriegerisch, polemisch, oratio pugnax et contentiosa, Plin. ep.: semper pugnax hic et quasi bellatorius stilus, Plin. ep.: exordium dicendi, Cic.: oratio pugnacior, Cic.: vox pugnacissima, Sen. rhet.: m. folg. Dat., ignis aquae pugnax, Ov. – B) übh. widersetzlich, hartnäckig, contra imperatorem, Cic.: in vitiis, Cael. in Cic. ep.: quid ferri duritiā pugnacius? Plin.: musta (Ggstz. lenia), die nicht mild werden wollen, Plin.
