puerulus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

puerulus m (genitive puerulī); second declension

1. little boy
2. little slave

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	puerulus	puerulī
genitive	puerulī	puerulōrum
dative	puerulō	puerulīs
accusative	puerulum	puerulōs
ablative	puerulō	puerulīs
vocative	puerule	puerulī

Synonyms

• puellus
• puer
• putus
• pūsus

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.