puellus

Latin

Etymology

Contracted from puerulus (“a little boy, a little slave”), the diminutive of puer (“boy”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /puˈel.lus/, [pʊˈɛl.lʊs]

Noun

puellus m (genitive puellī); second declension

  1. a young boy, a little boy
  2. (in erotic context) catamite

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative puellus puellī
Genitive puellī puellōrum
Dative puellō puellīs
Accusative puellum puellōs
Ablative puellō puellīs
Vocative puelle puellī

Synonyms

References
  • puellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • puellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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