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Webster 1913 Edition
Pubes
Pu′bes
,Noun.
[L., the hair which appears on the body at puberty, from
pubes
adult.] 1.
(Anat.)
(a)
The hair which appears upon the lower part of the hypogastric region at the age of puberty.
(b)
Hence (as more commonly used), the lower part of the hypogastric region; the pubic region.
2.
(Bot.)
The down of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows on plants; pubescence.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pubes
PU'BES
,Noun.
Definition 2024
pubes
pubes
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pjuːbiz/
- Rhymes: -uːbiz
Noun
pubes
- plural of pubis
Etymology 2
see pube
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpjuːbz/
- Rhymes: -uːbz
Noun
pubes
- plural of pube
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:pubic hair
Related terms
External links
- pubes in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- pubes in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Latin
Etymology 1
Possible connection with puer, pūpa, pūsus, putus.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.bes/, [ˈpuː.bɛs]
Adjective
pūbes m, f, n (genitive pūberis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | pūbes | pūberēs | pūberia | ||
| genitive | pūberis | pūberium | |||
| dative | pūberī | pūberibus | |||
| accusative | pūberem | pūbes | pūberēs | pūberia | |
| ablative | pūberī | pūberibus | |||
| vocative | pūbes | pūberēs | pūberia | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Portuguese: púbere
Etymology 2
From pūbes (“adult”).
Noun
pūbes f (genitive pūbis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pūbes | pūbēs |
| genitive | pūbis | pūbum |
| dative | pūbī | pūbibus |
| accusative | pūbem | pūbēs |
| ablative | pūbe | pūbibus |
| vocative | pūbes | pūbēs |
Descendants
References
- pubes1 in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pubes2 in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pubes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pubes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- pubes in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pubes in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin