puerities

Latin

Etymology

puer (“boy, child”) +‎ -itiēs

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈri.ti.eːs/, [puɛˈrɪt̪ieːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈrit.t͡si.es/, [pueˈrit̪ː͡s̪ies]

Noun

pueritiēs f (genitive pueritiēī); fifth declension

1. childhood

Declension

Fifth-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	pueritiēs
Genitive	pueritiēī
Dative	pueritiēī
Accusative	pueritiem
Ablative	pueritiē
Vocative	pueritiēs

Synonyms

• puerīlitās
• pueritia

References

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