Borrowed fromLatinpuerperium(“childbed, childbirth”), frompuerpera(“woman in labor or childbed”) +-ium(nominal suffix), frompuerperus(“parturient, bringing forth children”), frompuer(“child, boy”) +pariō(“to bring forth, bear”) +-us(adjectival suffix).
puerperium (pluralpuerperia)
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Frompuerpera(“woman in labor or childbed”) +-ium(nominal suffix).
puerperium n (genitivepuerperiīorpuerperī);second declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | puerperium | puerperia |
| genitive | puerperiī puerperī1 | puerperiōrum |
| dative | puerperiō | puerperiīs |
| accusative | puerperium | puerperia |
| ablative | puerperiō | puerperiīs |
| vocative | puerperium | puerperia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
