puerulus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [puˈɛ.rʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [puˈɛː.ru.lus]

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
• puerculus

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.