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
| Puer domum cucurrit. The child ran into the house. Ecce puer. This is the boy. Hic est puer quem ibi heri conveni. This is the boy I met there yesterday. Puer eam feminam esse putavit. The boy thought that she was a woman. Puer sum. I am a boy. |
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