adoleverit
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;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 3rdsg. perf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...inter praemia ducet. tu facito, mox cum matura adoleverit aetas, sis memor et te animo repetentem exempla tuorum..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...consumet cumque: loquaces, si sapiat, vitet, simul atque adoleverit aetas."' ventum erat ad Vestae, quarta iam parte diei..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...credibile memoratu est quantum superbiae socordiaeque Vitellio adoleverit, postquam speculatores e Syria Iudaeaque adactum in verba eius Orientem..."