"puellus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /puˈel.lus/ [Classical-Latin], [puˈɛlːʲʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /puˈel.lus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [puˈɛlːus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Contracted from puerulus (“a little boy, a little slave”), the diminutive of puer (“boy”). Head templates: {{la-noun|puellus<2>|f=puella}} puellus m (genitive puellī, feminine puella); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|puellus<2>}} Forms: puellī [genitive], puella [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], puellus [nominative, singular], puellī [nominative, plural], puellī [genitive, singular], puellōrum [genitive, plural], puellō [dative, singular], puellīs [dative, plural], puellum [accusative, singular], puellōs [accusative, plural], puellō [ablative, singular], puellīs [ablative, plural], puelle [singular, vocative], puellī [plural, vocative]
  1. a young boy, a little boy Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Children
    Sense id: en-puellus-la-noun-Vd8FnUZX Disambiguation of Children: 83 17 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. (in erotic context) catamite Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Male people
    Sense id: en-puellus-la-noun-C5r6vClO Disambiguation of Male people: 39 61 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: puer, puerulus, pūsus, putus

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Contracted from puerulus (“a little boy, a little slave”), the diminutive of puer (“boy”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puellī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puella",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puelle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "puellus<2>",
        "f": "puella"
      },
      "expansion": "puellus m (genitive puellī, feminine puella); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "puellus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Children",
          "orig": "la:Children",
          "parents": [
            "Youth",
            "Age",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a young boy, a little boy"
      ],
      "id": "en-puellus-la-noun-Vd8FnUZX",
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Male people",
          "orig": "la:Male people",
          "parents": [
            "Male",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "catamite"
      ],
      "id": "en-puellus-la-noun-C5r6vClO",
      "links": [
        [
          "catamite",
          "catamite"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in erotic context) catamite"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in erotic context"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/puˈel.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[puˈɛlːʲʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puˈel.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[puˈɛlːus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "puer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "puerulus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pūsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "putus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puellus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Children",
    "la:Male people"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contracted from puerulus (“a little boy, a little slave”), the diminutive of puer (“boy”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puellī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puella",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puelle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "puellus<2>",
        "f": "puella"
      },
      "expansion": "puellus m (genitive puellī, feminine puella); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "puellus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a young boy, a little boy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "catamite"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catamite",
          "catamite"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in erotic context) catamite"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in erotic context"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/puˈel.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[puˈɛlːʲʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puˈel.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[puˈɛlːus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "puer"
    },
    {
      "word": "puerulus"
    },
    {
      "word": "pūsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "putus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puellus"
}

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