puerperus
Latin
Etymology
Adjectival form of puerpera (“a woman in her childbed”), from puer (“boy, child”) + pariō (“bear, give birth”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /puˈer.pe.rus/, [puˈɛrpɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puˈer.pe.rus/, [puˈɛrperus]
Adjective
puerperus (feminine puerpera, neuter puerperum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | puerperus | puerpera | puerperum | puerperī | puerperae | puerpera | |
Genitive | puerperī | puerperae | puerperī | puerperōrum | puerperārum | puerperōrum | |
Dative | puerperō | puerperō | puerperīs | ||||
Accusative | puerperum | puerperam | puerperum | puerperōs | puerperās | puerpera | |
Ablative | puerperō | puerperā | puerperō | puerperīs | |||
Vocative | puerpere | puerpera | puerperum | puerperī | puerperae | puerpera |
References
- “puerperus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- puerperus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.