puer

pu-er uit.-lat.

Aus uital. *puweros, aus uig. *ph₂weros, aus *peh₂w-. Verwandt mit dem oskischen 𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌋𐌖𐌌 puglum, agr. παῖς paîs, „Junge“.

bayr. 'Bua',

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.er/, [ˈpuɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.er/, [ˈpuːer]

Noun

puer m (genitive puerī, feminine puera); second declension

1. a child; chit
2. a boy, lad (typically between ages 7-14 but could be younger) (older than an infans but younger than an adulescens)
3. a male servant or page; slave
4. a bachelor
5. boyhood (ex: in puero, "in his boyhood" or "as a boy")

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	puer	puerī
Genitive	puerī	puerōrum
Dative	puerō	puerīs
Accusative	puerum	puerōs
Ablative	puerō	puerīs
Vocative	puer	puerī