Latin Word of the Day
puer
boy
Definitions
| Latin > English |
| puer |
| 1. n. a child; chit |
| 2. n. a boy, lad (typically between ages 7-14 but could be younger) (gloss, older than an infans but younger than an adulescens) |
| 3. n. a male servant or page; slave |
| 4. n. a bachelor |
| 5. n. boyhood (ex: in puero, "in his boyhood" or "as a boy") |
Example Sentences
| Etiam puer id facere potest. Even a child can do it. Ubi est mater tua, puer? Where is your mother, boy? Puer per viam ambulat. The boy is walking through the street. Puer quis est? Who is the boy? Puer sum. I am a boy. |
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