Latin

Adjective

puerīlis m, f ‎(neuter puerīle); third declension

1. boyish, youthful
2. (figuratively) immature, childish

puerīlis

1. nominative masculine singular of puerīlis
2. nominative feminine singular of puerīlis
3. genitive masculine singular of puerīlis
4. genitive feminine singular of puerīlis
5. genitive neuter singular of puerīlis
6. dative masculine singular of puerīlis
7. dative feminine singular of puerīlis

Inflection

Third declension.

• comparative: puerīlior, superlative: puerīlissimus

Derived terms

• membrum puerīle

Related terms

• puer, puera
• puerīlitās
• puerīliter
• pueritia

Descendants

References

• puerilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• puerilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “puerilis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the teaching of children: disciplina (institutio) puerilis (not liberorum)
    
  • the usual subjects taught to boys: doctrinae, quibus aetas puerilis impertiri solet (Nep. Att. 1. 2)
    
  • the usual subjects taught to boys: artes, quibus aetas puerilis ad humanitatem informari solet