adultam
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →adultus, adulta -um, adultior -or -us, adultissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grown (up/fully), mature, ripe; adult; at peak/height/full strength;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...paupertatem protractum esse se suamque filiam esse adultam virginem, simul eius matrem suamque uxorem mortuam, quoniam hinc iturust..."Liber III
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...petens,in quo dormire mater natum iusserat,aetatem adultam seruans diligentius.Dum quaerunt lumen, dum concursant familia,irae furentis..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...causa plebis expertae virtutis. Hanc virginem adultam forma excellentem Appius amore amens pretio ac spe perlicere adortus, postquam..."
