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
- M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..."