adolesceret
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);
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...iugis; hic more parentum Iasides, thalamis ubi casta adolesceret aetas, uirgineas libare comas primosque solebant excussare toros. celsam..."- P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Interim Corbulo legionibus intra castra habitis, donec ver adolesceret, dispositisque per idoneos locos cohortibus auxiliariis, ne pugnam priores..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...claritudinem studiorum eius, utque Domitii pueritia tali magistro adolesceret et consiliis eiusdem ad spem dominationis uterentur, quia Seneca..."