puerperis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →puerperus, puerpera, puerperum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
of childbirth;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →puerpera, puerperae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
woman in labor, woman who has been/is in process of being delivered of child;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...gaudii oppressa exanimataque est. XVI. Temporis varietas in puerperis mulierum quaenam sit a medicis et a philosophis tradita..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...reconditorum amniumque sonantum: tu Lucina dolentibus Iuno dicta puerperis, tu potens Trivia et notho es dicta lumine Luna..."
