pueritia
τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἐνέπεσεν → out of the frying pan into the fire, from the frying pan into the fire
Latin > English
pueritia pueritiae N F :: childhood, boyhood; callowness, childish nature; state/fact of being boy
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pŭĕrĭtĭa: ae (pŭĕrtĭa, Hor. C. 1, 36, 8), f. id..
I Lit., boyhood, childhood, youth (applied usually till the seventeenth year, but freq. later; v. puer, II.): qui enim citius adulescentiae senectus quam pueritiae adulescentia obrepit? Cic. Sen. 2, 4; Tac. H. 1, 13: a pueritiā, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 9: vitae cursum a pueritiā tenere, Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 10; id. Tusc. 2, 11, 27: e ludo atque pueritiae disciplinis ad patris exercitum profectus, id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: a pueritiā, id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; 1, 22, 36; 6, 24; id. Fam. 1, 7, 9; id. Brut. 44, 164; cf.: genus militum suetum a pueritiā latrociniis, Sall. H. 2, 67 Dietsch: omnem pueritiam Arpini altus, Sall. J. 63, 3: procera pueritia, Tac. H. 4, 14: pueritiae disciplina, Manil. 10, 28. —Of animals, youth, Col. 7, 6, 3.—
II Transf.
A Innocence: quae pueritia est infrequens polluta, Varr. ap. Non. 156, 8 (al. puritia).—
B The first beginnings, commencement, Cato Italicarum originum pueritias illustravit, Front. Princ. Hist. p. 314 Mai.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pŭĕrĭtĭa,¹⁰ æ, f. (puer),
1 enfance [âge jusqu’à 17 ans] : Cic. CM 4 ; a pueritia Cic. Rep. 1, 10 ; Tusc. 2, 27, etc., dès l’enfance ; jam a pueritia tua Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 1, dès ton enfance
2 [fig.] pl., les années d’enfance, les commencements : Fronto Hist. p. 314. sync. puertia Hor. O. 1, 36, 8.
Latin > German (Georges)
pueritia, ae, f. (puer), I) das Knabenalter, in der Regel bis zum 17. Jahre, die Kindheit, Jugend, pueritiae adulescentia obrepit, Cic.: in pueritia, Cic.: a pueritia, Cic.: extremā pueritiā, Sall. fr.: vixdum pueritiam egressus, Fronto. – übtr., v. Tieren, die Jugend, Colum. 7, 6, 3. – II) Plur. meton., die ersten Anfänge, Fronto princ. hist. p. 203, 13 N. – / Synk., puertia, Hor. carm. 1, 36, 8.
