Latin

Alternative forms

• puppus

Noun

pūpus m ‎(genitive pūpī); second declension

1. a boy, a child
2. a puppet
3. the pupil of the eye (post-class. for pūpula and pūpilla)

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (boy): puer

Derived terms

• pūpa
• pūpillus
• pūpulus

Descendants

• Italian: pupo

References

• pupus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PUPUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pupus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Latvian

Noun

pupus m

1. accusative plural form of pups

Sundanese

Verb

pupus

1. to die