Latin - gender of child

Gina Palmer

Catholic Rottenburg a.d. Laaber, Burial 22 Oct 1745

Is the reference to the child general or can the gender be determined? I'm thinking general, but want to make sure I'm not missing anything. (no baptism entry found)

https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/regensburg/rottenburg%5Flaaber/Rottenburg%5FLaaber011/?pg=39

Ulrich Neitzel

@Gina Palmer

I can't read/understand the full record, but it starts Sepulta fuit… (she was buried). For a male it would be Sepultus fuit…

Gina Palmer

@Ulrich Neitzel Thanks for your reply. I realize I should have provided additional information.

The entry is actually for the child's mother, Catharina who was buried with her child (who was baptized by the midwife). Since it is the mother's burial, sepulta would apply to her.

Ulrich Neitzel

OK, I see… Then it seems to depend on the first word underlined in red (which unfortunately I can't read). 😒

Robert Seal_1

Could the first underlined word be "prole" = offspring, issue.

Ulrich Neitzel

I think @Robert Seal_1 is correct. The classical Latin word is proles (which is grammatically feminine, but does not indicate the gender of the child).

Gina Palmer

Thanks @Robert Seal_1 and @Ulrich Neitzel

That is also what I read (prole) and what I took away from the meaning of proles.