puerilitas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈriː.li.taːs/, [puɛˈriːlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈri.li.tas/, [pueˈriːlit̪äs]

Noun

puerīlitās f (genitive puerīlitātis); third declension

1. boyhood, childhood

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	puerīlitās	puerīlitātēs
genitive	puerīlitātis	puerīlitātum
dative	puerīlitātī	puerīlitātibus
accusative	puerīlitātem	puerīlitātēs
ablative	puerīlitāte	puerīlitātibus
vocative	puerīlitās	puerīlitātēs

Synonyms

• pueritia
• pueritiēs

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