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Morphology Lemmata puerilis (external link: puerilis )Forms: puerile (data provider: perseus), puerilem (data provider: perseus), pueriles (data provider: perseus), puerili (data provider: perseus), puerilia (data provider: perseus), puerilibus (data provider: perseus), puerilior (data provider: donatus-sup), pueriliora (data provider: donatus-sup), pueriliore (data provider: donatus-sup), pueriliorem (data provider: donatus-sup), pueriliores (data provider: donatus-sup), pueriliori (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilioribus (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilioris (data provider: donatus-sup), pueriliorum (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilique (data provider: perseus), puerilis (data provider: perseus), puerilisque (data provider: perseus), puerilissima (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilissimae (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilissimam (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilissimarum (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilissimas (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilissime (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilissimi (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilissimis (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilissimo (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilissimorum (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilissimos (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilissimum (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilissimus (data provider: donatus-sup), puerilist (data provider: perseus), pueriliter (data provider: perseus), puerilium (data provider: perseus), puerilius (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary puerilis pŭĕrīlis, e, adj. [puer].
I. Lit. , boyish , childish , youthful (class.): puerili specie, senili prudentiā , Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50 : aetas , id. Arch. 3, 4 ; cf. tempus , Ov. M. 6, 719 : disciplina , Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72 ; id. Rep. 4, 3, 3 : institutio , id. de Or. 2, 1, 1 : doctrina , id. ib. 3, 31, 125 ; Quint. 1, 1, 9 : delectatio , Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72 : regnum , Liv. 1, 3 : blanditiae , Ov. M. 6, 626 : manus , Cels. 3, 27, 3 : ostrum , the prœtexta , Stat. S. 5, 2, 66 : agmen , a troop of boys , Verg. A. 5, 548 .—In distinction from virgineus: (faciem) virgineam in puero, puerilem in virgine possis (dicere) , boyish , Ov. M. 8, 323 .—
B. In partic., in mal. part.: officium , Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 5 : supplicium , Mart. 2, 60, 2 ; and absol. puerile, id. 9, 67, 3 ; cf.: puerile obtulit corollarium , App. M. 3, p. 138, 13 ; Hyg. Fab. 189 .—
II. Transf. , boyish , childish , puerile , trivial , silly (rare but class.): acta illa res est animo virili, consilio puerili , Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3 : sententia , Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 56 : vota , Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 11 : res (with insubidae, inertes) , Gell. 18, 8, 1 : isagogae , id. 1, 2, 6 : puerile est , Ter. And. 2, 6, 18 .—Comp. : si puerilius his ratio esse evincet amare , Hor. S. 2, 3, 250 . —Hence, adv. : pŭĕrīlĭtĕr, like a child : ludentes , Phaedr. 3, 8, 5 : blandiri , Liv. 21, 1 .—
B. Childishly , foolishly , sillily : stultus , Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 42 ; Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19 : facere , id. Ac. 2, 11, 33 ; 2, 17, 54 ; Tac. H. 4, 86 .
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