puerpera
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of puerpera
< Latin: woman in labor; akin to puerperus; see puerperium
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Possit Camaenas, non sine numine, Lassare nostras diva puerpera, Et gaudiis siccare totam Perpetuis Heliconis undam.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
"Between a heifer and an ass Enixa est puerpera; In ragged woollen clad He was Qui regnat super aethera, And patiently may we then pass That sing, and heartily sing we, 'Gloria Tibi, Domine!"
From Chivalry by Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green
The Place is in the Poem, where he sings a Recantation to the Witch Canidia. tuusque venter pactumeius, et tuo cruore rubros obstetrix pannos lavit, utcunque fortis exilis puerpera.
From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius
Over the western door-way is a mosaic of the Virgin with the following leonine and loyal distich beneath it:— "Sponsa suae prolis, O Stella puerpera Solis, Pro cunctis ora, sed plus pro rege labora!"
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various
“Between a heifer and an ass Enixa est puerpera; In ragged woollen clad He was Qui régnât super aethera, And patiently may we then pass That sing, and heartily sing we, ‘Gloria Tibi, Domine!’”
From Chivalry by Cabell, James Branch
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