puerilis

Latin

Etymology

From puer (“boy”) +‎ -īlis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈriː.lis/, [puɛˈriːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈri.lis/, [pueˈriːlis]

Adjective

puerīlis (neuter puerīle, comparative puerīlior, superlative puerīlissimus, adverb puerīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. boyish, youthful
2. (figuratively) immature, childish

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	puerīlis	puerīle		puerīlēs	puerīlia
Genitive	puerīlis			puerīlium
Dative	puerīlī			puerīlibus
Accusative	puerīlem	puerīle		puerīlēs puerīlīs	puerīlia
Ablative	puerīlī			puerīlibus
Vocative	puerīlis	puerīle		puerīlēs	puerīlia

Derived terms

• membrum puerīle

Related terms

• puer, puera
• puerīlitās
• puerīliter
• pueritia

Descendants

• Catalan: pueril
• → English: puerile
• French: puéril
• → German: pueril
• Italian: puerile
• Portuguese: pueril
• Spanish: pueril

References

• “puerilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “puerilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• puerilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the teaching of children: disciplina (institutio) puerilis (not liberorum)
    
  • the usual subjects taught to boys: doctrinae, quibus aetas puerilis impertiri solet (Nep. Att. 1. 2)
    
  • the usual subjects taught to boys: artes, quibus aetas puerilis ad humanitatem informari solet