pŭerpĕrĭum, ii, n. [puerpera].
I Childbirth , childbed , a lying-in , confinement , delivery , Suet. Calig. 8: puerperio cubare, to be in childbed , Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 22: locus puerperio Antium fuit, Tac. A. 15, 23; Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 79; 28, 8, 29, § 114: numerus puerperii, the number of children born together , Gell. 12, 1, 4: tellus velut aeterno quodam puerperio laeta, Col. 3, 21, 3.—
II A new-born child , an infant; children , Varr. R. R. 2, 26; Tac. A. 12, 6; Plin. 7, 11, 9, § 48; id. 18, 29, 69, § 282; Stat. Th. 4, 280; Gell. 10, 2, 2.