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puellanormalized · puella3 analyses · 1 lemma

Morphology3 analyses

nominative singularpuell + a · regular

vocative singularpuell + a · regular

ablative singularpuell + a · regular

Lewis & Short

pŭella, ae, , [puellus]

puellabus, Cn. Gell. P., a female child, a girl, maiden, lass.

: pueri innuptaeque puellae.

A beloved maiden, a sweetheart, mistress () — , in jest, of a kitten.

A daughter.

, , a young female, young woman, young wife ( and in prose). So of Penelope, who was married.

A female slave (very rare).

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