pueritia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From puer (“male child, boy”) + -itia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pu.ɛˈrɪ.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pu.eˈrit̪.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Noun
pueritia f (genitive pueritiae); first declension
- boyhood, childhood, youth
- (figuratively) innocence; childishness, callowness
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pueritia | pueritiae |
| genitive | pueritiae | pueritiārum |
| dative | pueritiae | pueritiīs |
| accusative | pueritiam | pueritiās |
| ablative | pueritiā | pueritiīs |
| vocative | pueritia | pueritiae |
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References
- “pueritia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pueritia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "pueritia", 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)
- pueritia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- pueritia in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016