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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=puerilis puerilis, puerile ADJ :: boyish; youthful, childish
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>pŭĕrīlis</b>: e, adj. [[puer]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[boyish]], [[childish]], [[youthful]] ([[class]].): 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., in mal. [[part]].: [[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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[boyish]], [[childish]], [[puerile]], [[trivial]], [[silly]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): [[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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>pŭĕrīlis</b>,¹⁰ e ([[puer]]),<br /><b>1</b> enfantin, de l’enfance : æstas [[puerilis]] Cic. Arch. 4, enfance ; [[delectatio]] Cic. Fin. 1, 72, plaisirs enfantins ; [[regnum]] puerile Liv. 1, 3, 4, règne d’un enfant<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] puéril, irréfléchi : puerili consilio Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3, avec une tactique d’enfants, cf. Br. 124 ; puerile [[est]] Ter. Andr. 449, c’[[est]] un enfantillage &#124;&#124; comp. n. puerilius Hor. S. 2, 3, 250.||comp. n. puerilius Hor. S. 2, 3, 250.
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{{Georges
|georg=puerīlis, e ([[puer]]), [[kindlich]], knabenmäßig, [[jugendlich]], Kinder-, Knaben-, I) eig.: crepitacula u. [[crepundia]], Kinderklappern, Quint. u. Val. Max.: dentes, Sen.: [[aetas]], Cic.: anni, Ov. u. Plin.: [[tempus]], kindliches [[Alter]] (Ggstz. [[iuventa]]), Ov.: [[species]], Cic.: [[facies]], Ov.: [[agmen]], [[ein]] [[Zug]] [[von]] Knaben, Verg.: [[regnum]], königliche [[Regierung]] jmds. [[als]] [[Jüngling]], Liv.: [[institutio]], Quint.: [[passio]], die [[Epilepsie]], Cael. Aur.: [[delectatio]], jugendliche Ergötzung, Cic.: puerili verbere moneri, [[mit]] der Kinderrute zurechtgewiesen [[werden]] (v. einem [[Mädchen]]), Tac.: [[affectus]] verberibus puerilibus, [[mit]] der Kinderrute bestraft, Iul. Val. – II) übtr., [[knabenhaft]], [[kindisch]], [[läppisch]], [[consilium]], Cic.: [[sententia]], Ter.: puerile est, Ter.: Compar., si puerilius his [[ratio]] [[esse]] evincet [[amare]], Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 3, 250. – neutr. pl. subst., nugalia [[vel]] puerilia ([[Kindereien]]), Non. 150, 26.
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