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
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...aetatem posset, infans erat et, cum iam multum adolevisset, item nihil fari quibat. Mutus adeo et elinguis..."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..."