pupulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der.?

Latin pūpus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin pūpulus

From pūpus + -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Noun

pūpulus m (genitive pūpulī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pūpulus	pūpulī
genitive	pūpulī	pūpulōrum
dative	pūpulō	pūpulīs
accusative	pūpulum	pūpulōs
ablative	pūpulō	pūpulīs
vocative	pūpule	pūpulī

References

• “pupulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pupulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pupulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• pupulus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016