puerperus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /puˈer.pe.rus/, [puˈɛrpɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puˈer.pe.rus/, [puˈɛrperus]
Adjective edit
puerperus (feminine puerpera, neuter puerperum); first/second-declension adjective
- parturient, bringing forth children
Inflection edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | puerperus | puerpera | puerperum | puerperī | puerperae | puerpera | |
| Genitive | puerperī | puerperae | puerperī | puerperōrum | puerperārum | puerperōrum | |
| Dative | puerperō | puerperō | puerperīs | ||||
| Accusative | puerperum | puerperam | puerperum | puerperōs | puerperās | puerpera | |
| Ablative | puerperō | puerperā | puerperō | puerperīs | |||
| Vocative | puerpere | puerpera | puerperum | puerperī | puerperae | puerpera | |
Derived terms edit
- puerpera (substantive)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “puerperus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- puerperus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.