pueritia

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From puer (male child, boy) +‎ -itia

Pronunciation

Noun

pueritia f (genitive pueritiae); first declension

  1. Boyhood, childhood, youth.
  2. (figuratively) Innocence; childishness, callowness.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pueritia pueritiae
Genitive pueritiae pueritiārum
Dative pueritiae pueritiīs
Accusative pueritiam pueritiās
Ablative pueritiā pueritiīs
Vocative pueritia pueritiae

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Italian: puerizia

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016