puerperam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →puerperus, puerpera, puerperum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
of childbirth;
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →puerpera, puerperae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
woman in labor, woman who has been/is in process of being delivered of child;
acc. sg.
Examples
- T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...face ut accumbam, accede, adiuta. em sic decet puerperam. soleas mihi deduce, pallium inice in me huc, Archilis..." - P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...opinor. DE. Multo rectiust quam illam puerperam huc nunc duci per uiam aegrotam. AE. Nil enim uidi melius..." - A
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...auctumque eum esse nato filio. 'Eamus' inquit 'et puerperam uisum et patri gratulatum.' Is erat loci senatorii..."