adolescens, adolescentis (gen.), adolescentior -or -us, adolescentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
young, youthful; "minor" (in reference to the younger of two having same name);
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | adolescentia |
| Acc. | adolescens | adolescentia |
| Voc. | — | adolescentia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | adolescentius | adolescentiora |
| Gen. | adolescentioris | — |
| Acc. | adolescentius | adolescentiora |
| Voc. | adolescentius | adolescentiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | adolescentissimus | adolescentissimi |
| Gen. | adolescentissimi | adolescentissimorum |
| Dat. | adolescentissimo | — |
| Acc. | adolescentissimum | adolescentissimos |
| Voc. | adolescentissime | adolescentissimi |
| Abl. | adolescentissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | adolescentissima | adolescentissimae |
| Gen. | adolescentissimae | adolescentissimarum |
| Dat. | adolescentissimae | — |
| Acc. | adolescentissimam | adolescentissimas |
| Voc. | adolescentissima | adolescentissimae |
| Abl. | adolescentissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | adolescentissimum | adolescentissima |
| Gen. | adolescentissimi | adolescentissimorum |
| Dat. | adolescentissimo | — |
| Acc. | adolescentissimum | adolescentissima |
| Voc. | adolescentissimum | adolescentissima |
| Abl. | adolescentissimo | — |
Examples
XIV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...Meretrix amatori suo pauperi dedit odii potionem. adolescens desiit amare. accusat illam veneficii. Sentio, iudices, hanc quoque calamitatibus..."X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...nemo,' inquit, 'oculis meis fidem detrahat. fili, indulgentissime adolescens, vidi te, nec semel vidi; certum est, fixum..."IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...meae nuntio nullis precibus adductus, nullis epistolis vocatus adolescens ad liberandum me vinculis piratarum profectus esset, quibus tamen..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...summum bonum. Nec ille, qui Diogenem Stoicum adolescens, post autem Panaetium audierat, Laelius, eo dictus est sapiens, quod..."Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...Triarius, in primis gravis et doctus adolescens, ei disputationi interesset. [14] Nam cum ad me in Cumanum salutandi..."