puerulus

puerulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin puer
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin puerulus

    From puer (“boy, child”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    puerulus m (genitive puerulī); second declension

    1. little boy
    2. little slave

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative puerulus puerulī
    genitive puerulī puerulōrum
    dative puerulō puerulīs
    accusative puerulum puerulōs
    ablative puerulō puerulīs
    vocative puerule puerulī

    Synonyms

    References

    • “puerulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “puerulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “puerulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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