puerilis

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

puerīlis e, adj.with comp.

puer, boyish, childish, youthful : puerili specie, senili prudentiā: tempus, O.: vox: regnum, L.: agmen, a troop of boys , V.: (facies) in virgine, boyish , O.— Boyish, childish, puerile, trivial, silly : acta res consilio puerili: inconstantia, T.: vota, O.: Si puerilius his ratio esse evincet amare, H.