puellus
Latin
Etymology
Contracted from puerulus (“a little boy, a little slave”), the diminutive of puer (“boy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /puˈel.lus/, [pʊˈɛl.lʊs]
Noun
puellus m (genitive puellī); second declension
- a young boy, a little boy
- (in erotic context) catamite
Declension
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | puellus | puellī |
Genitive | puellī | puellōrum |
Dative | puellō | puellīs |
Accusative | puellum | puellōs |
Ablative | puellō | puellīs |
Vocative | puelle | puellī |
Synonyms
- puer
- puerulus
- pūsus
- putus
References
- puellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- puellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette