puerperus

Latin

From puer (“child, boy”) +‎ pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) +‎ -us (adjectival suffix).

puerperus (feminine puerpera, neuter puerperum); first/second-declension adjective

parturient, bringing forth children
- c. 59 CE, Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis 4.35.2
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.511:
  verba puerpera
  formulas that promote delivery

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	puerperus	puerpera	puerperum	puerperī	puerperae	puerpera
Genitive	puerperī	puerperae	puerperī	puerperōrum	puerperārum	puerperōrum
Dative	puerperō	puerperae	puerperō	puerperīs
Accusative	puerperum	puerperam	puerperum	puerperōs	puerperās	puerpera
Ablative	puerperō	puerperā	puerperō	puerperīs
Vocative	puerpere	puerpera	puerperum	puerperī	puerperae	puerpera

“puerperus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
puerperus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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