pueraster

Latin

Etymology

From puer (“boy”) +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈras.ter/, [pʊ.ɛˈras.tɛr]

Noun

pueraster m (genitive puerastrī); second declension

(hapax legomenon, Medieval Latin) A preadolescent or adolescent boy, a preteen or teen

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pueraster	puerastrī
Genitive	puerastrī	puerastrōrum
Dative	puerastrō	puerastrīs
Accusative	puerastrum	puerastrōs
Ablative	puerastrō	puerastrīs
Vocative	pueraster¹	puerastrī

¹May also be puerastre.

Synonyms

iuvenis, puer

References

pueraster in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
pueraster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
pueraster in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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