LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

pūpulus

pūpulus m (genitive pūpulī)

Meaning

  1. diminutivediminutive of pūpus (“boy”); little boy
  2. puppet

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepūpuluspūpulī
genitivepūpulīpūpulōrum
dativepūpulōpūpulīs
accusativepūpulumpūpulōs
ablativepūpulōpūpulīs
vocativepūpulepūpulī

pūpŭlus, i, m. dim. pupus.
I. A little boy, Cat. 56, 5; mockingly, of an old man, Sen. Ep. 12, 3.—
II. A puppet, Arn. 7, 215.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin pūpulus From pūpus + -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Quick answers

What does pūpulus mean in Latin?
pūpulus, a noun, means “diminutive of pūpus (“boy”); little boy; puppet”.
What is the genitive of pūpulus?
The genitive singular is pūpulī. pūpulus is masculine, second declension.