puellus

Latin

Etymology

Contracted from puerulus (“a little boy, a little slave”), the diminutive of puer (“boy”).

Pronunciation

Noun

puellus m (genitive puellī, feminine puella); second declension

  1. a young boy, a little boy
  2. (in erotic context) catamite

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative puellus puellī
genitive puellī puellōrum
dative puellō puellīs
accusative puellum puellōs
ablative puellō puellīs
vocative puelle puellī

Synonyms

References

  • “puellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • puellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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