puerigenus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From puer (“boy, child”) + -i- + genus (“birth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pu.eˈri.ɡe.nus/, [puɛˈrɪɡɛnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pu.eˈri.d͡ʒe.nus/, [pueˈriːd͡ʒenus]
Adjective
[edit]puerigenus (feminine puerigena, neuter puerigenum); first/second-declension adjective
- that begets boys
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | puerigenus | puerigena | puerigenum | puerigenī | puerigenae | puerigena | |
| genitive | puerigenī | puerigenae | puerigenī | puerigenōrum | puerigenārum | puerigenōrum | |
| dative | puerigenō | puerigenae | puerigenō | puerigenīs | |||
| accusative | puerigenum | puerigenam | puerigenum | puerigenōs | puerigenās | puerigena | |
| ablative | puerigenō | puerigenā | puerigenō | puerigenīs | |||
| vocative | puerigene | puerigena | puerigenum | puerigenī | puerigenae | puerigena | |
References
[edit]- “puerigenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- puerigenus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- puerigenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.