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
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..."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..."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..."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..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...legioni additus, impubem filium domi liquerat. is mox adultus, inter septimanos a Galba conscriptus, oblatum forte patrem..."
