puerperus

Latin

Etymology

From puer (“child, boy”) +‎ pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) +‎ -us (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puˈer.pe.rus/, [puˈɛrpɛrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈer.pe.rus/, [puˈɛrperus]

Adjective

puerperus (feminine puerpera, neuter puerperum); first/second-declension adjective

1. parturient, bringing forth children
   • c. 59 CE, Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis 4.35.2
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.511:

     verba puerpera

     formulas that promote delivery

Inflection

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

• puerpera (substantive)

Related terms

• puerperium

References

• “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.