pupus

Latin

Alternative forms

puppus

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₂w- (“few, little”) (whence also puer).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.pus/, [ˈpuː.pʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.pus/, [ˈpuː.pus]

Noun

pūpus m (genitive pūpī); second declension

a boy, a child
a puppet
the pupil of the eye (post-class. for pūpula and pūpilla)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pūpus	pūpī
Genitive	pūpī	pūpōrum
Dative	pūpō	pūpīs
Accusative	pūpum	pūpōs
Ablative	pūpō	pūpīs
Vocative	pūpe	pūpī

Synonyms

(boy): puer

Derived terms

Descendants

Italian: pupo

References

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

Latvian

Noun

pupus m

accusative plural form of pups

Sundanese

Romanization

pupus

Romanization of ᮕᮥᮕᮥᮞ᮪

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