adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
puerperus
puerperus (feminine puerpera, neuter puerperum)
Classical[puˈɛr.pɛ.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[puˈɛr.pe.rus]
Meaning
- adjectiveparturient, bringing forth children
c. 59 CE, Seneca Minor, De Beneficiis 4.35.2
verba puerpera
formulas that promote delivery8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 10.511
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | puerperus | puerpera | puerperum |
| genitive | puerperī | puerperae | puerperī |
| dative | puerperō | puerperae | puerperō |
| accusative | puerperum | puerperam | puerperum |
| ablative | puerperō | puerperā | puerperō |
| vocative | puerpere | puerpera | puerperum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | puerperī | puerperae | puerpera |
| genitive | puerperōrum | puerperārum | puerperōrum |
| dative | puerperīs | puerperīs | puerperīs |
| accusative | puerperōs | puerperās | puerpera |
| ablative | puerperīs | puerperīs | puerperīs |
| vocative | puerperī | puerperae | puerpera |
pŭerpĕrus, a, um, adj. puer-pario,
I. parturient, bringing forth children:
uxor, Sen. Ben. 4, 35, 2: verba, formulas that promote delivery, Ov. M. 10, 511.—II. Subst.: pŭerpĕra, ae, f., a woman in labor or in childbed, a lying-in woman, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 40; Cat. 34, 13; Hor. Epod. 17, 52; Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 23; Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 37.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
puerperus adj.
puer+2 PAR-, parturient, bringing forth children : verba, charms to aid child-birth , O.—As subst f., a woman in labor : illa, T., H.
Origins
From puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjective-forming suffix).
In English words that came into English from puerperus
- puerperapuerpera
- puerperiumpuerperium