puerigenus

Latin

Etymology

From puer (“boy, child”) + -i- + genus (“birth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈri.ɡe.nus/, [puɛˈrɪɡɛnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈri.d͡ʒe.nus/, [pueˈriːd͡ʒenus]

Adjective

puerigenus (feminine puerigena, neuter puerigenum); first/second-declension adjective

1. that begets boys

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	puerigenus	puerigena	puerigenum		puerigenī	puerigenae	puerigena
Genitive	puerigenī	puerigenae	puerigenī		puerigenōrum	puerigenārum	puerigenōrum
Dative	puerigenō		puerigenō		puerigenīs
Accusative	puerigenum	puerigenam	puerigenum		puerigenōs	puerigenās	puerigena
Ablative	puerigenō	puerigenā	puerigenō		puerigenīs
Vocative	puerigene	puerigena	puerigenum		puerigenī	puerigenae	puerigena

References

• “puerigenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• puerigenus 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)
• puerigenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.