impubis, impubis, impube:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 2nd · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
below age of puberty, under age, youthful; beardless; chaste/virgin/celibate;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | impube | impubia |
| Acc. | impube | impubia |
| Voc. | impube | impubia |
Examples
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...Graeca insuper voce prosecutus: ὁ τρώσας ἰάσεται. Cumque impubi teneroque adhuc, quando statura permitteret, togam dare destinasset, adiecit..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Aeneas nondum certamine misso custodem ad sese comitemque impubis Iuli Epytiden vocat, et fidam sic fatur ad aurem..."