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|lshtext=<b>pugno</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and [[very]] [[rarely]]<br /><b>I</b> a. [[root]] pug-, to [[thrust]], [[strike]], [[whence]] [[pugil]], [[pungo]], etc.], to [[fight]], [[either]] [[singly]] or in armies, to [[combat]], [[give]] [[battle]], [[engage]], [[contend]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[neque]] sinistrā impeditā [[satis]] [[commode]] pugnare poterant, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: [[scutum]] manu emittere et [[nudo]] corpore pugnare, id. ib. 1, 25: [[eminus]] lapidibus, Sall. J. 57, 4: [[cominus]] in acie, Cic. Balb. 9, 23: ex equo, on [[horseback]], id. N. D. 2, 2, 6: de [[loco]], Ter. Hec. alt. prol. 33: de ponte, Hirt. B. Afr. 33: pro [[muro]] toto, id. ib. 13: ex iniquiore [[loco]], id. ib. 42: pro commodis patriae, Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1 al.—With cum and abl.: elige, cum cive an hoste pugnare malis, Liv. 10, 36, 8: cum hoste in acie, Cic. Balb. 9, 22.—With in and acc.: ne [[quis]] [[extra]] ordinem in hostem pugnaret, Liv. 8, 6, 16: in hostem imparem ex [[aequo]] pugnabant, id. 10, 43, 6: qui [[contra]] [[imperium]] in hostem pugnaverant, Sall. C. 9, 4; 52, 30.—With adversum and acc.: [[saepe]] [[ante]] paucis strenuis [[advorsum]] multitudinem [[bene]] pugnatum, Sall. J. 107, 1: [[advorsum]] Gallos, id. ib. 114, 1.—With a homogeneous [[object]]: magnam pugnavimu' pugnam, Lucil. ap. [[Don]]. Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 60; cf.: haec [[pugna]] est pugnata, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 97: [[pugna]] summā contentione pugnata, Cic. Mur. 16, 34; Nep. Hann. 5, 1: inclitam in ponte pugnam ... pugnatam, Liv. 6, 42, 5: proelia, Hor. C. 4, 9, 19; Sall. J. 54, 7: bella, Hor. C. 3, 19, 4; id. Ep. 1, 16, 25.— Impers. [[pass]].: pugnatur uno tempore omnibus locis, the [[battle]] is fought, [[they]] [[fight]], Caes. B. G. 7, 84: [[cominus]] gladiis pugnatum est, id. ib. 1, 52: ut in mari [[quoque]] pugnetur [[velut]] e muris, Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[contend]], [[conflict]], [[disagree]], [[oppose]], [[contradict]]; usu. [[with]] dat. of [[person]], or [[with]] cum: pugnant Stoici cum Peripateticis, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 68. —With acc. and inf.: pugnare non destitit, non esse rerum controversiam, sed nominum, Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 41: non magno opere pugnare, to [[contend]] not [[very]] [[strongly]], id. N. D. 3, 1, 3: noli pugnare duobus, Cat. 62, 64: ne cupias pugnare puellae, Prop. 1, 12 (10), 21; cf.: placitone [[etiam]] pugnabis amori? Verg. A. 4, 38: pressis pugnat habenis, id. ib. 11, 600: ne pugnet [[vulgus]] habenis, Stat. Th. 8, 289: tam eras [[excors]], ut totā in oratione tuā [[tecum]] [[ipse]] pugnares, [[you]] contradicted [[yourself]], Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18. —Of things: pugnat [[sententia]] [[secum]], Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 97: pugnavit monitis [[furor]], Sil. 10, 284: pugnatura fretis [[pila]], id. 4, 298: [[frigida]] pugnabant calidis, umentia siccis, Mollia cum duris, etc., [[cold]] bodies contended [[with]] [[hot]], [[moist]] [[with]] [[dry]], etc., Ov. M. 1, 19: [[humus]], Petr. poët. Sat. 123.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[struggle]], [[strive]], to endeavor, [[take]] pains, [[exert]] one's [[self]] for [[any]] [[thing]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): illud [[pugna]] et enitere, ne, etc., Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 3: id ne impetremus, pugnabis, id. Lig. 5, 13; cf.: hoc [[solum]] hoc tempore pugnatur, ut, etc., id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8: pugnas, ne reddar, Achille, Ov. H. 3, 25 Ruhnk.: pugnaremque collegae, ut, etc., Liv. 3, 64.—Poet., [[with]] inf.: pugnat molles evincere somnos, Ov. M. 1, 685; 7, 772; id. H. 13, 77: [[incerto]] [[pedum]] pugnat non [[stare]] tumultu, Luc. 4, 753; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 196; cf., of things, Lucr. 2, 205.—P. a. as subst.: pugnan-tĭa, ium, n., contradictions, inconsistencies: [[pugnantia]] te loqui non vides? Cic. Tusc. 1, 7, 13; cf. Hor. S. 1, 2, 73; 1, 1, 102.