pupillus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of pūpus.

Noun

pūpillus m (genitive pūpillī); second declension

1. orphan, ward

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pūpillus	pūpillī
genitive	pūpillī	pūpillōrum
dative	pūpillō	pūpillīs
accusative	pūpillum	pūpillōs
ablative	pūpillō	pūpillīs
vocative	pūpille	pūpillī

Descendants

• Catalan: pubill, → pupil
• → English: pupil
• French: pupille
• Italian: pupillo
• Portuguese: pupilo
• Romanian: pupil
• Spanish: pupilo

References

• “pupillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pupillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pupillus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pupillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pupillus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin