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puera
puera
Latin
Etymology
Feminization of puer "boy"
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.e.ra/, [ˈpʊ.ɛ.ra]
Noun
puera f (genitive puerae); first declension
puerā f
- ablative singular of puera
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | puera | puerae |
genitive | puerae | puerārum |
dative | puerae | puerīs |
accusative | pueram | puerās |
ablative | puerā | puerīs |
vocative | puera | puerae |
Derived terms
References
- puera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “puera”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to leave one's boyhood behind one, become a man: ex pueris excedere
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(ambiguous) to leave one's boyhood behind one, become a man: ex pueris excedere