pusus

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See also: puŝus

Latin

Etymology

May be a back-formation from pusillus, with analogical vowel un-shortening (see the latter for details), from Proto-Indo-European *put-lo- (“son”). Alternatively, might be connected with puer, paucus and pūpus, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). May be related to *pūttus.

Pronunciation

Noun

pūsus m (genitive pūsī, feminine pūsa); second declension

  1. a boy, a little boy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pūsus pūsī
genitive pūsī pūsōrum
dative pūsō pūsīs
accusative pūsum pūsōs
ablative pūsō pūsīs
vocative pūse pūsī

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References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “putus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502

Further reading

  • “pusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pusus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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