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puerperium

Dictionary entries

  • puerperium, puerperi(i):

    Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = childbirth, delivery; offspring born at a single delivery;

    Entry →
    acc. sg.
    gen. pl.
    nom. sg.
    voc. sg.

Examples

  • A

    Liber XII

    Aulus Gellius

    "...congratulatusque adsedit. Atque ubi percontatus est, quam diutinum puerperium et quam laboriosi nixus fuissent, puellamque defessam labore..."
  • L

    Liber III

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES

    "...Quam longo tempore opus est, ut conceptus ad puerperium perduret infans, quantis laboribus tener educatur, quam diligenti nutrimento..."
  • G

    Gaius

    Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM

    "...qualiscumque partus sine ullo sexus discrimine puerperium vocetur, quod antiqui etiam puellas pueras, sicut et pueros puellos dictitarent..."
  • G

    Poems

    Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems

    "...magnas cui lites intulit olim falsum mendaci ventre puerperium.' LXVIII. ad Mallium Quod mihi fortuna casuque oppressus acerbo..."

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