childbirth, delivery; offspring born at a single delivery
Latin word, found 18 times in the texts on Socratos.
Catullus, Carmina lyrics.34.14: Iuno dicta puerperis,
Tacitus, Annales 1·232: … ebatur, capto rursus initio, quando maritandum principem cuncti suaderent, deligi oportere feminam nobilitate puerperiis sanctimonia insignem. nec diu anquirendum quin Agrippina claritudine generis anteiret: datum ab ea fecunditat …
Statius, Thebais 4.280: cruda puerperia. ac populos umbrosa creavit
All forms of puerperium