pusus

== Latin == === Etymology === May be a back-formation from pusillus, with analogical vowel un-shortening (see the latter for details), from Proto-Indo-European *put-lo- (“son”). Alternatively, might be connected with puer, paucus and pūpus, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). May be related to *pūttus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpuː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpuː.s̬us] === Noun === pūsus m (genitive pūsī, feminine pūsa); second declension a boy, a little boy ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== puellus puerulus puer pisinnus, pitinnus ==== Derived terms ==== pusillus pūsiō === References === De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “putus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502 === Further reading === “pusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pusus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. pusus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016