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Latin
Etymology
From puer (“boy”) + -īlis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
puerīlis (neuter puerīle, comparative puerīlior, superlative puerīlissimus, adverb puerīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- boyish, youthful
- (figuratively) immature, childish
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
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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, 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