puerinus

Latin

Etymology

From puer (“boy, child”) +‎ -inus (“-ine”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈriː.nus/, [puɛˈriːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈri.nus/, [pueˈriːnus]

Adjective

puerīnus (feminine puerīna, neuter puerīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. youthful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	puerīnus	puerīna	puerīnum		puerīnī	puerīnae	puerīna
Genitive	puerīnī	puerīnae	puerīnī		puerīnōrum	puerīnārum	puerīnōrum
Dative	puerīnō		puerīnō		puerīnīs
Accusative	puerīnum	puerīnam	puerīnum		puerīnōs	puerīnās	puerīna
Ablative	puerīnō	puerīnā	puerīnō		puerīnīs
Vocative	puerīne	puerīna	puerīnum		puerīnī	puerīnae	puerīna

References

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