Latin

Noun

puella f ‎(genitive puellae); first declension

1. a girl, a lass, a maiden; a female child

   Parvola puella.

   A young girl.

   Pueri atque puellae.

   Boys and girls.

   Pueri innuptaeque puellae.

   Boys and unmarried maidens.

2. (poetic) a sweetheart, a mistress, a beloved maiden

   Cara mea puella.

   My beloved girl.^[1]

3. (in jest) a kitten
4. a young woman, a young wife
5. (rare) a female slave

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (girl): fēmella

Antonyms

• (girl): puer

Derived terms

• puellam pario

Related terms

• puellāris
• puellula
• puer
• puera
• puerīliter
• puerīlis

References

• puella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• puella in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PUELLA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “puella”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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