adolevisset
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. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- A
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...aetatem posset, infans erat et, cum iam multum adolevisset, item nihil fari quibat. Mutus adeo et elinguis..." - M
IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...virum fortem futurum, qui nasceretur, deinde parricidam. cum adolevisset qui erat natus, bello patriae fortiter fecit. reddit causas..."