pusus

See also: puŝus

Latin

Etymology

From puer. See also putus. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. How was it derived?

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.sus/, [ˈpuːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.sus/, [ˈpuːs̬us]

Noun

pūsus m (genitive pūsī); second declension

1. a boy, a little boy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pūsus	pūsī
Genitive	pūsī	pūsōrum
Dative	pūsō	pūsīs
Accusative	pūsum	pūsōs
Ablative	pūsō	pūsīs
Vocative	pūse	pūsī

Synonyms

• puellus
• puerulus
• puer
• putus

Derived terms

• pusillus

References

• “pusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• pusus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016