girl Copy link Outline 1. puella (used also, esp. poet., of full-grown women)1. Dimin., puellŭla, a young g., Ter.2. virgo, ĭnis, f. (an unmarried g.)3. fēmella (v. rare) • girl: 1. puella (used also, esp. poet., of full-grown women): to give birth to a g., p. parere, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 14: a little g., p. infans, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 99: wardship in the case of a g., tutela [legitima] in qua dicitur esse puella, Cic. Att. 1, 5, 6: I never saw a more lovely, charming g., qua p. nihil unquam festivius, amabilius vidi, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 1. Dimin., puellŭla, a young g., Ter.: Cat. (N. B.--The original word for girl was puera, which occurs in fragments of Livius and Varro: cf. also Suet. Cal. 8.) 2. virgo, ĭnis, f. (an unmarried g.): cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 6: Hor.: Ov.: v. maiden. 3. fēmella (v. rare): Cat. 55, 7. Belonging to a g., puellaris: v. foll. art.
GIRL Copy link • GIRLpuella: virgo (as unmarried). A little girl, puellula; virguncula; parvula puella (Terentianus): a grown-up girl, puella adulta; virgo: a girls’ school, *institutum, quo puellae aluntur educanturque, or *schola puellarum. Ma id-servant, puella: famula (serving-maid): ancilla (house-maid): cubicularia (Inscript.; chamber-maid).