puerperus

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. parturient, bringing forth children

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative puerperus puerpera puerperum puerperī puerperae puerpera
genitive puerperī puerperae puerperī puerperōrum puerperārum puerperōrum
dative puerperō puerperae puerperō puerperīs
accusative puerperum puerperam puerperum puerperōs puerperās puerpera
ablative puerperō puerperā puerperō puerperīs
vocative puerpere puerpera puerperum puerperī puerperae puerpera

Derived terms

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.
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