LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

pueritia

pueritia f (genitive pueritiae)
Classical[pu.ɛˈrɪ.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[pu.eˈrit.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineboyhood, childhood, youth
  2. femininefigurativelyinnocence; childishness, callowness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepueritiapueritiae
puertiae
genitivepueritiae
puertiae		pueritiārum
puertiārum
dativepueritiae
puertiae		pueritiīs
puertiīs
accusativepueritiam
puertiam		pueritiās
puertiās
ablativepueritiāpueritiīs
puertiīs
vocativepueritiapueritiae
puertiae

pŭĕrĭtĭa, ae (pŭĕrtĭa, Hor. C. 1, 36, 8), f. id..
I. Lit., boyhood, childhood, youth (applied usually till the seventeenth year, but freq. later; v. puer, II.): qui enim citius adulescentiae senectus quam pueritiae adulescentia obrepit? Cic. Sen. 2, 4; Tac. H. 1, 13: a pueritiā, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 9: vitae cursum a pueritiā tenere, Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 10; id. Tusc. 2, 11, 27: e ludo atque pueritiae disciplinis ad patris exercitum profectus, id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: a pueritiā, id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; 1, 22, 36; 6, 24; id. Fam. 1, 7, 9; id. Brut. 44, 164; cf.: genus militum suetum a pueritiā latrociniis, Sall. H. 2, 67 Dietsch: omnem pueritiam Arpini altus, Sall. J. 63, 3: procera pueritia, Tac. H. 4, 14: pueritiae disciplina, Manil. 10, 28. —Of animals, youth, Col. 7, 6, 3.—
II. Transf.
A. Innocence: quae pueritia est infrequens polluta, Varr. ap. Non. 156, 8 (al. puritia).—
B. The first beginnings, commencement, Cato Italicarum originum pueritias illustravit, Front. Princ. Hist. p. 314 Mai.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der. Proto-Indo-European *ph₂weros Proto-Italic *puweros Latin puer Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin pueritia From puer (“male child, boy”) + -itia.

Descendants
  • Italianpuerizia
  • Portuguesepuerícia
  • Spanishpuericia

Quick answers

What does pueritia mean in Latin?
pueritia, a noun, means “boyhood, childhood, youth; innocence; childishness, callowness”.
What is the genitive of pueritia?
The genitive singular is pueritiae. pueritia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce pueritia?
In classical Latin, [pu.ɛˈrɪ.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pu.eˈrit.t͡si.a].