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..."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..."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..."