adultus, adulta -um, adultior -or -us, adultissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grown (up/fully), mature, ripe; adult; at peak/height/full strength;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | adultus | adulti |
| Gen. | adulti | adultorum |
| Dat. | adulto | — |
| Acc. | adultum | adultos |
| Voc. | adulte | adulti |
| Abl. | adulto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | adulta | adultae |
| Gen. | adultae | adultarum |
| Dat. | adultae | — |
| Acc. | adultam | adultas |
| Voc. | adulta | adultae |
| Abl. | adulta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | adultum | adulta |
| Gen. | adulti | adultorum |
| Dat. | adulto | — |
| Acc. | adultum | adulta |
| Voc. | adultum | adulta |
| Abl. | adulto | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | adultius | adultiora |
| Gen. | adultioris | — |
| Acc. | adultius | adultiora |
| Voc. | adultius | adultiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | adultissimus | adultissimi |
| Gen. | adultissimi | adultissimorum |
| Dat. | adultissimo | — |
| Acc. | adultissimum | adultissimos |
| Voc. | adultissime | adultissimi |
| Abl. | adultissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | adultissima | adultissimae |
| Gen. | adultissimae | adultissimarum |
| Dat. | adultissimae | — |
| Acc. | adultissimam | adultissimas |
| Voc. | adultissima | adultissimae |
| Abl. | adultissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | adultissimum | adultissima |
| Gen. | adultissimi | adultissimorum |
| Dat. | adultissimo | — |
| Acc. | adultissimum | adultissima |
| Voc. | adultissimum | adultissima |
| Abl. | adultissimo | — |
Examples
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Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nervos omnis mentis et corporis frangit. Quid non adultus concupiscet qui in purpuris repit? Nondum prima verba exprimit..." - P
Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Arminium praescribi: cuius si filius hostili in solo adultus in regnum venisset, posse extimesci, infectum alimonio servitio cultu..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...infantem pater Sempronius in insulam Cercinam tulerat. illic adultus inter extorris et liberalium artium nescios, mox per Africam..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...honestis. Igitur Artabanus Arsacidarum e sanguine apud Dahas adultus excitur, primoque congressu fusus reparat viris regnoque potitur. victo..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...legioni additus, impubem filium domi liquerat. is mox adultus, inter septimanos a Galba conscriptus, oblatum forte patrem..."