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pueritia
pueritia
Latin
Alternative forms
Noun
pueritia f (genitive pueritiae); first declension
- Boyhood, childhood, youth.
- (figuratively) Innocence; childishness, callowness.
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural | 
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pueritia | pueritiae | 
| genitive | pueritiae | pueritiārum | 
| dative | pueritiae | pueritiīs | 
| accusative | pueritiam | pueritiās | 
| ablative | pueritiā | pueritiīs | 
| vocative | pueritia | pueritiae | 
Related terms
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Descendants
- Italian: puerizia
References
- pueritia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pueritia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PUERITIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pueritia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- pueritia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016