pueraster
Latin
Etymology
From puer (“boy”) + -aster.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pu.eˈras.ter/, [puɛˈräs̠t̪ɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pu.eˈras.ter/, [pueˈräst̪er]
Noun
pueraster m (genitive puerastrī); second declension
- (hapax, Medieval Latin) A preadolescent or adolescent boy, a preteen or teen
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pueraster | puerastrī |
| Genitive | puerastrī | puerastrōrum |
| Dative | puerastrō | puerastrīs |
| Accusative | puerastrum | puerastrōs |
| Ablative | puerastrō | puerastrīs |
| Vocative | pueraster | puerastrī |
Synonyms
- iuvenis, puer
References
- “pueraster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pueraster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- pueraster 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)