puer
ἔστιν οὖν τραγῳδία μίμησις πράξεως σπουδαίας καὶ τελείας μέγεθος ἐχούσης, ἡδυσμένῳ λόγῳ χωρὶς ἑκάστου τῶν εἰδῶν ἐν τοῖς μορίοις, δρώντων καὶ οὐ δι' ἀπαγγελίας, δι' ἐλέου καὶ φόβου περαίνουσα τὴν τῶν τοιούτων παθημάτων κάθαρσιν → Tragedy is, then, a representation of an action that is heroic and complete and of a certain magnitude—by means of language enriched with all kinds of ornament, each used separately in the different parts of the play: it represents men in action and does not use narrative, and through pity and fear it effects relief to these and similar emotions.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pŭer: ĕri (old voc. puere, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 2; 5, 2, 42; id. Most. 4, 2, 32 et saep.; Caecil. and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.;
I gen. plur. puerūm, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50), m. (v. infra) root pu-, to beget; v. pudes; and cf. pupa, putus, orig. a child, whether boy or girl: pueri appellatione etiam puella significatur, Dig. 50, 16, 163.—Thus, as fem.: sancta puer Saturni filia, regina, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.: prima incedit Cereris Proserpina puer, i.e. daughter of Ceres, Naev. ib. p. 697 P.: mea puer, mea puer, Poët. ap. Charis. p. 64 P.; Ael. Stil. and As. ib. p. 64 P.—Hence, freq. in the plur. pueri, children, in gen., Plaut. Poen. prol. 28; 30: infantium puerorum incunabula, Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153: cinis eorum pueros tarde dentientes adjuvat cum melle, Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 22; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 7; id. C. 4, 9, 24.—
II In partic.
1 A male child, a boy, lad, young man (strictly till the seventeenth year, but freq. applied to those who are much older): puero isti date mammam, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 1: aliquam puero nutricem para, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 104; 5, 2, 4: homini ilico lacrimae cadunt Quasi puero, id. Ad. 4, 1, 21: quo portas puerum? id. And. 4, 3, 7: nescire quid antea quam natus sis, acciderit, id est semper esse puerum, Cic. Or. 34, 120; Ov. P. 4, 12, 20: laudator temporis acti Se puero, when he was a boy, Hor. A. P. 173; cf.: foeminae praetextatique pueri et puellae, Suet. Claud. 35.—A puero, and with plur. verb, a pueris (cf. Gr. ἐκ παιδός, ἐκ παίδων), from a boy, boyhood, or childhood (cf. ab): doctum hominem cognovi, idque a puero, Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 4; id. Ac. 2, 3, 8: diligentiā matris a puero doctus, id. Brut. 27, 104; Hor S. 1, 4, 97: ad eas artes, quibus a pueris dediti fuimus, Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2.—In like manner: ut primum ex pueris excessit Archias, as soon as he ceased to be a child, Cic. Arch. 3, 4.—
2 A grown-up youth, young man, Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 2: puer egregius praesidium sibi primum et nobis, deinde summae rei publicae comparavit, of Octavian at the age of nineteen, id. ib. 12, 25, 4 (cf. Vell. 2, 61, 1; Tac. A. 13, 6); cf. of the same: nomen clarissimi adulescentis vel pueri potius, Cic. Phil. 4, 1, 3; of Scipio Africanus, at the age of twenty, Sil. 15, 33; 44 (coupled with juvenis, id. 15, 10 and 18); of Pallas, in military command, Verg. A. 11, 42.—
3 An unmarried man, a bachelor, Ov. F. 4, 226.—
4 As a pet name, or in familiar address, boy, fellow, Cat. 12, 9; Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17.—
B Transf.
1 A little son, a son (poet.), Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 72: Ascanius puer, Verg. A. 2, 598: tuque (Venus) puerque tuus (Cupido), id. ib. 4, 94; cf. Hor. C. 1, 32, 10: Latonae puer, id. ib. 4, 6, 37: Semeles puer, id. ib. 1, 19, 2: deorum pueri, id. A. P. 83; 185.—
2 A boy for attendance, a servant, slave: cedo aquam manibus, puer, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150; Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77: Persicos odi, puer, apparatus, Hor. C. 1, 38, 1; 2, 11, 18; 4, 11, 10: hic vivum mihi cespitem ponite, pueri, id. ib. 1, 19, 14: cena ministratur pueris tribus, id. S. 1, 6, 116: tum pueri nautis, pueris convicia nautae Ingerere, id. ib. 1, 5, 11: regii, royal pages, Liv. 45, 6; Curt. 5, 2, 13: litteratissimi, Nep. Att. 13, 3; Juv. 11, 59; Dig. 50, 16, 204.—*
3 As adj., youthful: puera facies, Paul. Nol. Carm. 25, 217.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pŭĕr,⁶ ĕrī, m.,
1 enfant [garçon ou fille] : regis Antiochi filii pueri Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 61, fils encore enfants du roi Antiochus ; puer Saturni filia Andr. d. Prisc. Gramm. 6, 42, petite enfant de Saturne || a puero Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 4 ; Ac. 2, 8 ; Br. 104 ; [ou avec verbe au pl.] a pueris Cic. de Or. 1, 2, dès l’enfance ; ex pueris excedere Cic. Arch. 4, sortir de l’enfance
2 jeune homme [jusqu’à 17 ans] ; [mais puer egregius Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4, enfant remarquable, désigne Octave qui a 19 ans], cf. Cic. Phil. 4, 3 ; puer désigne Pallas Virg. En. 11, 42
3 enfant, fils : puer tuus Virg. En. 4, 94, ton fils [Cupidon] ; Latonæ puer Hor. O. 4, 6, 37, fils de Latone, cf. Hor. O. 1, 32, 10 ; P. 83 ; 185
4 garçon = célibataire : Ov. F. 4, 226 || [familier] : puer Ter. Ad. 940, mon garçon
5 esclave, serviteur : Cic. Amer. 77 || page : pueri regii Liv. 45, 6, 7, pages royaux [de familles nobles], cf. Curt. 5, 1, 42 ; 5, 2, 13. forme prim. pover, d’où por dans Marcipor, etc. || arch. puerus Prisc. Gramm. 6, 41 || voc. puere Cæcil. 100 ; Pl. Most. 947, etc. || gén. pl. puerum Pl. Truc. 763.
Latin > German (Georges)
puer, erī, m. (verw. mit pullus, pūpillus, pūsio, altind. putra-s, Sohn), I) übh. das Kind, Knabe oder Mädchen, Proserpina puer Cereris, Naev. bell. Punic. 2. fr. 6 ed. Vahlen: sancta puer Saturni filia regina, Liv. Andr. fr. bei Prisc. 6, 42: puer filia, Nel. carm. bei Charis. 84, 9: mea puer, Liv. Andr. bei Charis. 84, 7 (dagegen Prisc. 6, 41 mea puera). – bes. im Plur., pueri, Kinder, Cic. u. (Ggstz. barbati) Varro LL.: infantes pueri, Cic. u. Plin.: liberi admodum pueri (jung), Liv. epit.: pueri infantes minutuli, die kleinen Kinderchen, Plaut.: uxor ac pueri (wechselnd mit coniunx ac liberi), Liv.: quod vides accĭdere pueris, hoc nobis quoque maiusculis pueris evenit, Sen. – II) insbes., das männl. Kind, der Knabe, junge Mensch (Mann), A) eig.: a) übh., Cic. u.a. (in der Regel bis zum 17. Jahre, aber auch vom neunzehnjährigen Oktavian, Cic. ep. 12, 25, 4; Phil. 4, 1, 3; von Scipio, der über zwanzig Jahre alt war, Sil. 13, 704 u.a.: v. Pallas, der eine Abteilung Soldaten befehligte, Verg. Aen. 11, 42). – Gordianus admodum puer (jung), Eutr.: filius adhuc puer, noch unerwachsener Sohn, Eutr.: pueri atque puellae, Hor.: praetextati pueri et puellae, Suet.: puer sive iam adulescens, als angehender Jüngling, Cic.; vgl. Ptolemaeus puero quam iuveni propior, Vell.: si pueri, si adulescentes improvidi sunt per aetatem maturi (Erwachsene) certe ac senes habent stabile iudicium, Lact.: puerum filium regis secum adducentes, Liv. 42, 19, 3. – a puero, od. wenn von mehreren die Rede ist und wenn eine Person von sich im Plur. spricht, a pueris, ganz wie im Griech. εκ παιδός u. εκ παίδων, von Kindheit an, audivi a puero, Cic.: a pueris haberemus, Cic.: a pueris nasci senes, Ter.: ex pueris excedere, das Knabenalter überschreiten, Cic. Arch. 4. – puero Cicerone, zur Zeit, als C. noch ein Knabe war, Sen. contr. 2. praef. § 5. – auch als Liebkosungswort, Junge, Catull. 12, 9: u. als Scheltwort, Junge, Bube, Ter. adelph. 940. – v. niederen Gottheiten, Maenalius puer, v. Pan, Gratt. cyn. 19. – b) der Knabe = der Sohn, puer tuus, Plaut.: Ascanius puer, Verg.: Latonae, Apollo, Hor.: Ledae pueri, Kastor u. Pollux, Hor.: pueri arcum sentire, Amors, Prop. – B) übtr.: 1) wie παις, der aufwartende Bursche, Diener, Sklave (s. Savaro Sidon. epist. 4, 8. p. 242 sq.), tuus, Cic.: pueri regii, königliche Pagen, Edelknaben, Liv.: pueri litteratissimi, Nep.: pueri et ancillae, Varro fr.: ancillae, pueri, Lucil. fr. – 2) der unverheiratete Mann, der Junggeselle, fac puer esse velis, Ov. fast. 4, 226. – 3) pueri = Unmündige, Cic. top. 18. – / Archaist. Nomin. puerus, Augustin. serm. 57, 6 Mai; vgl. Prisc. 6, 42: Vokat. puere, Caecil. com. 100. Afran. com. 193. Plaut. asin. 382 u.a. – Genet. Plur. puerûm, Plaut. truc. 763 Sch. – Adi.,knabenhaft, jugendlich, puera facies, Paul. Nol. carm. 25, 217.
Latin > English
puer pueri N M :: boy, lad, young man; servant; (male) child; [a puere => from boyhood]
