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
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..."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..."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..."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..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...legioni additus, impubem filium domi liquerat. is mox adultus, inter septimanos a Galba conscriptus, oblatum forte patrem..."