"puer" meaning in Latin

See puer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpu.er/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈpuɛr] [Classical-Latin], /ˈpu.er/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpuːer] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *puweros, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂weros, from *peh₂w-. Cognate with Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌋𐌖𐌌 (puglum), Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “boy”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*puweros}} Proto-Italic *puweros, {{der|la|ine-pro|*ph₂weros}} Proto-Indo-European *ph₂weros, {{cog|osc|𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌋𐌖𐌌|sc=Ital}} Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌋𐌖𐌌 (puglum), {{cog|grc|παῖς||boy}} Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “boy”) Head templates: {{la-noun|puer<2>|f=puera}} puer m (genitive puerī, feminine puera); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|puer<2>}} Forms: puerī [genitive], puera [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], puer [nominative, singular], puerī [nominative, plural], puerī [genitive, singular], puerōrum [genitive, plural], puerō [dative, singular], puerīs [dative, plural], puerum [accusative, singular], puerōs [accusative, plural], puerō [ablative, singular], puerīs [ablative, plural], puer [singular, vocative], puerī [plural, vocative]
  1. a child; chit Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Children
    Sense id: en-puer-la-noun-2WMy269D Disambiguation of Children: 36 17 20 23 4
  2. a boy, lad (typically between ages 7-14 but could be younger) (older than an īnfāns but younger than an adulēscēns) Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-puer-la-noun-p2Ts6rxi
  3. a male servant or page; slave Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Male people
    Sense id: en-puer-la-noun-tm1PJVNs Disambiguation of Male people: 20 3 55 17 5 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 18 12 36 15 19
  4. a bachelor Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Age
    Sense id: en-puer-la-noun-QjMCzTsP Disambiguation of Age: 27 21 17 35 0
  5. boyhood (ex: in puero, "in his boyhood" or "as a boy") Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-puer-la-noun-f8JTI3zM Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 13 15 7 3 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: puerus [rare] Related terms: puerperium Coordinate_terms: īnfāns, adulēscēns, catulaster
Derived forms: -por, puer dēlicātus, puera, puerārius, puerāscō, pueraster, puerculus, puerigenus, puerīlis, puerīlitās, puerīliter, puerinus, pueritia, pueritiēs, puerpera, puerperium, puerperus, puerulus, pūsus, putus, repuerāscō

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “gender”",
      "word": "puella"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “gender”",
      "word": "puera"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “age”",
      "word": "vir"
    }
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "īnfāns"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adulēscēns"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "catulaster"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-por"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puer dēlicātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puera"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puerārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puerāscō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pueraster"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puerculus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puerigenus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puerīlis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puerīlitās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puerīliter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puerinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pueritia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pueritiēs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puerpera"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puerperium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puerperus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puerulus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pūsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "putus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "repuerāscō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "puer",
            "3": "puer aeternus",
            "4": "puerile",
            "5": "puerilism",
            "6": "puerperium",
            "7": "puerility",
            "8": "puerperal",
            "9": "puerperous",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: puer, puer aeternus, puerile, puerilism, puerperium, puerility, puerperal, puerperous",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: puer, puer aeternus, puerile, puerilism, puerperium, puerility, puerperal, puerperous"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "io",
            "2": "puero",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ido: puero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ido: puero"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "prunc",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Romanian: prunc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Romanian: prunc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*puweros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *puweros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ph₂weros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ph₂weros",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osc",
        "2": "𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌋𐌖𐌌",
        "sc": "Ital"
      },
      "expansion": "Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌋𐌖𐌌 (puglum)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "παῖς",
        "3": "",
        "4": "boy"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “boy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *puweros, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂weros, from *peh₂w-. Cognate with Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌋𐌖𐌌 (puglum), Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “boy”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puerī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "puer<2>",
        "f": "puera"
      },
      "expansion": "puer m (genitive puerī, feminine puera); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "puer<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puerperium"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 17 20 23 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Children",
          "orig": "la:Children",
          "parents": [
            "Youth",
            "Age",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a child; chit"
      ],
      "id": "en-puer-la-noun-2WMy269D",
      "links": [
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "chit",
          "chit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a boy, lad (typically between ages 7-14 but could be younger) (older than an īnfāns but younger than an adulēscēns)"
      ],
      "id": "en-puer-la-noun-p2Ts6rxi",
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "lad",
          "lad"
        ],
        [
          "īnfāns",
          "infans#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "adulēscēns",
          "adulescens#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 12 36 15 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 3 55 17 5",
          "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": [
        "a male servant or page; slave"
      ],
      "id": "en-puer-la-noun-tm1PJVNs",
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "page",
          "page"
        ],
        [
          "slave",
          "slave"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 21 17 35 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Age",
          "orig": "la:Age",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a bachelor"
      ],
      "id": "en-puer-la-noun-QjMCzTsP",
      "links": [
        [
          "bachelor",
          "bachelor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 15 7 3 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boyhood (ex: in puero, \"in his boyhood\" or \"as a boy\")"
      ],
      "id": "en-puer-la-noun-f8JTI3zM",
      "links": [
        [
          "boyhood",
          "boyhood"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpu.er/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpuɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpu.er/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpuːer]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "puerus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puer"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “gender”",
      "word": "puella"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “gender”",
      "word": "puera"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “age”",
      "word": "vir"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin noun forms",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Age",
    "la:Children",
    "la:Male people",
    "pl:Education",
    "pl:Healthcare occupations",
    "pl:Male people",
    "pl:Pharmacy"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "īnfāns"
    },
    {
      "word": "adulēscēns"
    },
    {
      "word": "catulaster"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "-por"
    },
    {
      "word": "puer dēlicātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "puera"
    },
    {
      "word": "puerārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "puerāscō"
    },
    {
      "word": "pueraster"
    },
    {
      "word": "puerculus"
    },
    {
      "word": "puerigenus"
    },
    {
      "word": "puerīlis"
    },
    {
      "word": "puerīlitās"
    },
    {
      "word": "puerīliter"
    },
    {
      "word": "puerinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "pueritia"
    },
    {
      "word": "pueritiēs"
    },
    {
      "word": "puerpera"
    },
    {
      "word": "puerperium"
    },
    {
      "word": "puerperus"
    },
    {
      "word": "puerulus"
    },
    {
      "word": "pūsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "putus"
    },
    {
      "word": "repuerāscō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "puer",
            "3": "puer aeternus",
            "4": "puerile",
            "5": "puerilism",
            "6": "puerperium",
            "7": "puerility",
            "8": "puerperal",
            "9": "puerperous",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: puer, puer aeternus, puerile, puerilism, puerperium, puerility, puerperal, puerperous",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: puer, puer aeternus, puerile, puerilism, puerperium, puerility, puerperal, puerperous"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "io",
            "2": "puero",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ido: puero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ido: puero"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "prunc",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Romanian: prunc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Romanian: prunc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*puweros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *puweros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ph₂weros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ph₂weros",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osc",
        "2": "𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌋𐌖𐌌",
        "sc": "Ital"
      },
      "expansion": "Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌋𐌖𐌌 (puglum)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "παῖς",
        "3": "",
        "4": "boy"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “boy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *puweros, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂weros, from *peh₂w-. Cognate with Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌋𐌖𐌌 (puglum), Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “boy”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puerī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "puer<2>",
        "f": "puera"
      },
      "expansion": "puer m (genitive puerī, feminine puera); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "puer<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "puerperium"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a child; chit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "chit",
          "chit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a boy, lad (typically between ages 7-14 but could be younger) (older than an īnfāns but younger than an adulēscēns)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "lad",
          "lad"
        ],
        [
          "īnfāns",
          "infans#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "adulēscēns",
          "adulescens#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a male servant or page; slave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "page",
          "page"
        ],
        [
          "slave",
          "slave"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a bachelor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bachelor",
          "bachelor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boyhood (ex: in puero, \"in his boyhood\" or \"as a boy\")"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boyhood",
          "boyhood"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpu.er/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpuɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpu.er/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpuːer]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "puerus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puer"
}

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