pueritia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From puer (“male child, boy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pu.eˈri.ti.a/, [pʊ.ɛˈrɪ.ti.a]

Noun

pueritia f (genitive pueritiae); first declension

  1. Boyhood, childhood, youth.
  2. (figuratively) Innocence; childishness, callowness.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative pueritia pueritiae
genitive pueritiae pueritiārum
dative pueritiae pueritiīs
accusative pueritiam pueritiās
ablative pueritiā pueritiīs
vocative pueritia pueritiae

Descendants

References

  • pueritia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pueritia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pueritia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • pueritia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • pueritia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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