LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefifth declension

pauperiēs

pauperiēs f (genitive pauperiēī)
Classical[pau̯ˈpɛ.ri.eːs]Ecclesiastical[pau̯ˈpɛː.ri.es]

Meaning

  1. poverty
  2. injury, damage
  3. I loss

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepauperiēs—
genitivepauperiēīpauperiērum
dativepauperiēīpauperiēbus
accusativepauperiem—
ablativepauperiēpauperiēbus
vocativepauperiēs—

paupĕrĭes, ēi, f. id.,
I. poverty (poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. paupertas).
I. Lit.: quod in pauperie meā senex graviter gemam, Enn. ap. Non. 494, 5 (Trag. v. 236 Vahl.): erum intulit in pauperiem, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 21 (al. inpulit); Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 59: pauperiem et duros perferre labores, Verg. A. 6, 437: angustam pauperiem pati, Hor. C. 3, 2, 1: immunda, id. Ep. 2, 2, 199: importuna, id. C. 3, 16, 37: dura, id. ib. 4, 9, 49: proba, id. ib. 3, 29, 55: vera, Tac. H. 4, 47; Lact. 6, 20, 25: vixit in summā pauperie et paene inopiā, Suet. Gram. 11: impoenitendae pauperiei se committere, App. M. 11, p. 271, 35; cf. paupertas.—
II. Transf., in jurid. Lat., injury, damage, loss, which one suffers from an animal (perh. mentioned in the Twelve Tables): si quadrupes pauperiem fecisse dicatur, Dig. 9, tit. 9; Paul. Sent. 1, 15, 1: pauperies est damnum sine injuriā facientis datum: nec enim potest animal injuriam fecisse, quod sensu caret, Dig. 9, 1, 1.

Origins

Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin pauperiēs From pauper + -iēs.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesPauperiesPauperies was the legal term for damage to property done to a person by a domesticated animal belonging to another person, contrary to the nature of t…

Quick answers

What does pauperiēs mean in Latin?
pauperiēs, a noun, means “poverty; injury, damage; I loss”.
What is the genitive of pauperiēs?
The genitive singular is pauperiēī. pauperiēs is feminine, fifth declension.
How do you pronounce pauperiēs?
In classical Latin, [pau̯ˈpɛ.ri.eːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pau̯ˈpɛː.ri.es].