adultus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adultus, adulti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
adult; one who has reached legal maturity (e.g., age 18 or 21);
nom. sg. - 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;
nom. 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;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
- M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nervos omnis mentis et corporis frangit. Quid non adultus concupiscet qui in purpuris repit? Nondum prima verba exprimit..." - P
Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Arminium praescribi: cuius si filius hostili in solo adultus in regnum venisset, posse extimesci, infectum alimonio servitio cultu..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...infantem pater Sempronius in insulam Cercinam tulerat. illic adultus inter extorris et liberalium artium nescios, mox per Africam..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...honestis. Igitur Artabanus Arsacidarum e sanguine apud Dahas adultus excitur, primoque congressu fusus reparat viris regnoque potitur. victo..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...legioni additus, impubem filium domi liquerat. is mox adultus, inter septimanos a Galba conscriptus, oblatum forte patrem..."
