puerulus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /puˈe.ru.lus/, [puˈɛrʊɫ̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈe.ru.lus/, [puˈɛːrulus]

Noun

puerulus m (genitive puerulī); second declension

little boy
little slave

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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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