pueraster
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pu.ɛˈras.tɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pu.eˈras.t̪er]
Noun
pueraster m (genitive puerastrī); second declension
- (hapax legomenon, Medieval Latin) A preadolescent or adolescent boy, a preteen or teen
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pueraster | puerastrī |
| genitive | puerastrī | puerastrōrum |
| dative | puerastrō | puerastrīs |
| accusative | puerastrum | puerastrōs |
| ablative | puerastrō | puerastrīs |
| vocative | pueraster | puerastrī |
Synonyms
References
- “pueraster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pueraster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- "pueraster", 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)