Latin Word of the Day
puella
girl
Definitions
| Latin > English |
| puella |
| 1. n. a girl, a lass, a maiden; a female child |
| Parvola puella. - A young girl. |
| Pueri atque puellae. - Boys and girls. |
| Pueri innuptaeque puellae. - Boys and unmarried maidens. |
| 2. n. (poetic) a sweetheart, a mistress, a beloved maiden |
| Cara mea puella. - My beloved girl. |
| 3. n. (in jest) a kitten |
| 4. n. a young woman, a young wife |
| 5. n. (rare) a female slave |
Example Sentences
| Puella, quae clavichordo canebat, filia mea est. The girl who was playing the piano is my daughter. Ego puella sum. I am a girl. Responderuntque frater eius et mater: Maneat puella saltem decem dies apud nos et postea proficiscetur. And her brother and mother answered: Let the maid stay, at least, ten days with us, and afterwards she shall depart. Quam appellatur haec puella? What do they call this girl? Cucurrit itaque puella et nuntiavit in domum matris suæ omnia, quæ evenerant. Then the maid ran, and told in her mother's house all that she had heard. |
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