adolescentia
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 →adolescentia, adolescentiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
youth, young manhood; characteristic of being young, youthfulness; the young;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. 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);
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...conuenit pueris senem. Se. Regenda magis est feruida adolescentia. Ne. Aetate in hac satis esse consilii reor..."Lucan
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...quantum mihi restat Ad Culicem?" Hic initio adolescentiae, cum ob infestum matrimonium patrem suum ruri agere longissime cognovisset..."
