a-Dekl.

puella ae f

Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch:

puella, ae, feminin (puellus), das Mädchen

I)eigentlich

A)im Allgemeinen: das Mädchen (Gegensatz virgo provectior)Cic.und andere

bellaSen.

pulchra (Gegensatz anus deformis)Treb. Poll.

puella virgoCapit. Anton. phil. 12, 10Apul. met. 7, 11

puellam parěreTer.

pueri innuptaeque puellaeVerg.

B)insbesondere

1)die GeliebteProp.Ov., scherzhaft von einem weiblichen HündchenMart. 1, 109, 16

2)die Tochter

Danai puellaeHor. carm. 3, 11, 23

II)übertragen: junge Frau, junges Weib

von der Penelope, von der LukretiaOv.

puella Phasias, MedeaOv.

puella Cressa, von der Phädra, in einem Briefe an ihren StiefsohnOv.

Lesbis, SapphoOv.

Lyda, OmphaleOv.

laborantes utero puellae, junge Frauen, NeuvermählteHor.

puellas honestissimas in flore primo fecunditas abstulitPlin. ep.

von der 20jährigen Oktavia, der Gemahlin NerosTac. ann. 14, 64

☞Dativ oder Ablativ Plural puellabusCn. Gell. bei Charis. 54, 15

vulgärlateinisch pyeraCorp. inscr. Lat. 4, 1956

Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary:

puella, ae, feminine diminutive puer, a female child, girl, maiden, lass

puellam parereTer.

puella infansHor.

audi, Luna, puellasHor.

puellarum chorusHor.

proditor puellae risusHor.

Danai puellae, i.e. daughtersHor.

A young female, young woman, young wife

puellae Iam virum expertaeHor.

laborantes utero puellaeHor.

viduae cessate puellaeOv.

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