pueritia

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From puer (male child, boy) +‎ -itia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pueritia f (genitive pueritiae); first declension

  1. boyhood, childhood, youth
  2. (figuratively) innocence; childishness, callowness

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pueritia pueritiae
genitive pueritiae pueritiārum
dative pueritiae pueritiīs
accusative pueritiam pueritiās
ablative pueritiā pueritiīs
vocative pueritia pueritiae

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: puerizia
  • Portuguese: puerícia
  • Spanish: puericia

References

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pueritia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pueritia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016