adolescenti
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);
abl. sg. pres. act. part.dat. sg. 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;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - 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);
abl. sg. (all)dat. sg. (all)
Examples
- M
IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...miserebitur senis, si quis iuvenis filius, miserebitur adolescentis. fortasse proderit mendicaturo mihi, quod ipse aliquando egentem pauperem alui..." - M
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...scite me nostri sermonis principium esse voluisti—exponamus adolescenti,. Si quae forte—possumus. Dat enim id nobis solitudo..."
