impubes, (gen.), impuberis:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st · 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. | — | impuberia |
| Acc. | impubes | impuberia |
| Voc. | — | impuberia |
Examples
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...resistentes fusosque, inermes atque armatos, servos liberos, puberes impubes, homines iumentaque; nec ullum superfuisset animal, ni consules receptui..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...dixit; ipsa quos vellet legeret. Productis omnibus elegisse impubes dicitur; quod et virginitati decorum et consensu obsidum ipsorum..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...senes aut invalidos conquirendo, quos pretio dimitterent: rursus impubes et forma conspicui (et est plerisque procera pueritia..."