pueritia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From puer (“male child, boy”) +‎ -itia.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pu.eˈri.ti.a/, [puɛˈrɪt̪iä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pu.eˈrit.t͡si.a/, [pueˈrit̪ː͡s̪iä]

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
Related terms

Descendants
  • Italian: puerizia
  • Portuguese: puerícia
  • Spanish: puericia

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