Noun: puer
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Second
Genitive
| Singular | puerī |
| Plural | puerōrum |
Dative
| Singular | puerō |
| Plural | puerīs |
Accusative
| Singular | puerum |
| Plural | puerōs |
Ablative
| Singular | puerō |
| Plural | puerīs |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like puer
sexvir,
quīnquevir,
congener,
contiger,
dapifer,
aquilifer,
septemvir,
vīgintisexvir,
presbyter,
duumvir,
salūtiger,
rangifer,
noctifer,
cōnsocer,
novemvir,
signifer,
scutifer,
duodecimvir,
sēmivir,
crucifer, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *ph₂weros
4. Proto-Italic *puweros
5. Latin puer
6. From Proto-Italic *puweros, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂weros, from *peh₂w-. Cognate with Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌋𐌖𐌌 (puglum), Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “boy”). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
παῖς'.
Verbs referencing "puer"
Romanian Nouns
prunc, Ancient Greek Nouns
παῖς, Latvian Nouns
putns, French Nouns
puériculture.
Translations