punctura

Latin

Etymology

From perfect passive participle pūnctus (“pricked, punctured, pierced”) +‎ -tūra, from pungō.

Pronunciation

• pūnctūra: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puːnkˈtuː.ra/, [puːŋkˈt̪uːrä]
• pūnctūra: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /punkˈtu.ra/, [puŋkˈt̪uːrä]
• pūnctūrā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puːnkˈtuː.raː/, [puːŋkˈt̪uːräː]
• pūnctūrā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /punkˈtu.ra/, [puŋkˈt̪uːrä]

Noun

pūnctūra f (genitive pūnctūrae); first declension

1. a pricking, prick, puncture

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pūnctūra	pūnctūrae
genitive	pūnctūrae	pūnctūrārum
dative	pūnctūrae	pūnctūrīs
accusative	pūnctūram	pūnctūrās
ablative	pūnctūrā	pūnctūrīs
vocative	pūnctūra	pūnctūrae

Participle

pūnctūra

1. inflection of pūnctūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

pūnctūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of pūnctūrus

References

• “punctura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• punctura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• punctura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

punctura f (plural puncturas)

1. puncture (hole, cut or tear)

   Synonym: perfuração