adolescentes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adolesco, adolescere, adolevi, adultus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grow up, mature, reach manhood/peak; become established/strong; grow, increase;; burn, blaze up, flame, be kindled; (of a sacrifice);
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →adolescens, adolescentis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
young man, youth; youthful person; young woman/girl;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →adolescens, adolescentis (gen.), adolescentior -or -us, adolescentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
young, youthful; "minor" (in reference to the younger of two having same name);
acc. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.)
Examples
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...revirescit et congerminat decedente luna, contra autem inarescit adolescente. Eam causam esse dicunt sacerdotes Aegyptii, cur Pelusiotae cepe..."De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...alteram exempli causa ad verbum referre. Aestivo tempore adolescentes urbani cum Ostiam venissent, litus ingressi, piscatores trahentes rete..."IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...esses inimicus patris. adice, si tanta in adolescente indoles fuit, quantam nulla umquam cognovere saecula, si fides antiquissima..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...audere, nisi aliter amicis videretur. aderamus nos quidem adolescentes, sed multi amplissimi viri, quorum nemo censuit plus Fadiae..."Epistola ad Caesarem I
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...factionis, quadraginta senatores, multi praeterea cum spe bona adolescentes, sicuti hostiae, mactati sunt: quum interea importunissuma genera hominum..."
