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1 puerīlis
puerīlis e, adj. with comp. [puer], boyish, childish, youthful: puerili specie, senili prudentiā: tempus, O.: vox: regnum, L.: agmen, a troop of boys, V.: (facies) in virgine, boyish, O.— Boyish, childish, puerile, trivial, silly: acta res consilio puerili: inconstantia, T.: vota, O.: Si puerilius his ratio esse evincet amare, H.* * *puerilis, puerile ADJboyish; youthful, childish -
2 puerilis
pŭĕrīlis, e, adj. [puer].I.Lit., boyish, childish, youthful (class.):B.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.—In partic., in mal. part.:II.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.—Transf., boyish, childish, puerile, trivial, silly (rare but class.):B.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.—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. -
3 puerilis
childish, boyish, folish, foolish.
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