Puerorum

Puerorum is the genitive plural form of the Latin noun puer, meaning “of the boys” or “the boys’.” It is used to indicate possession or association, as in phrases describing something belonging to or relating to boys.

Puer is a masculine noun of the second declension in Latin. The genitive plural form, puerorum, is used to denote “of the boys.” The noun’s full declension is as follows. Singular: N puer, G pueri, D puero, A puerum, Ab puero. Plural: N pueri, G puerorum, D pueris, A pueros, Ab pueris. These patterns illustrate the standard second-declension endings for masculine nouns.

Usage notes: Genitive plurals like puerorum appear in a wide range of Latin texts to express possession or association. They can modify another noun in a possessed phrase (for example, liber puerorum “the book of the boys” or the boys’ book) or stand in a construction that requires a genitive phrase. Because puer is a straightforward second-declension noun, puerorum follows the regular -orum ending for genitive plurals of masculine nouns in this class.

See also: Latin grammar, genitive case, second declension, puer.