puerilitas

Latin

Etymology

From puerīlis (“boyish, youthful”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈriː.li.taːs/, [puɛˈriːlʲɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈri.li.tas/, [pueˈriːlit̪äs]

Noun

puerīlitās f (genitive puerīlitātis); third declension

boyhood, childhood

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	puerīlitās	puerīlitātēs
Genitive	puerīlitātis	puerīlitātum
Dative	puerīlitātī	puerīlitātibus
Accusative	puerīlitātem	puerīlitātēs
Ablative	puerīlitāte	puerīlitātibus
Vocative	puerīlitās	puerīlitātēs

Synonyms

Descendants

English: puerility
French: puérilité
Italian: puerilità
Portuguese: puerilidade
Spanish: puerilidad

References

“puerīlitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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