adulescens

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.duˈleːs.kens/, [a.dʊˈɫeːs.kẽːs]

Adjective

adulēscēns (genitive adulēscentis); third declension

  1. young, youthful
  2. minor (of two boys)

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative adulēscēns adulēscēns adulēscentēs adulēscentia
Genitive adulēscentis adulēscentis adulēscentium adulēscentium
Dative adulēscentī adulēscentī adulēscentibus adulēscentibus
Accusative adulēscentem adulēscēns adulēscentēs adulēscentia
Ablative adulēscentī adulēscentī adulēscentibus adulēscentibus
Vocative adulēscēns adulēscēns adulēscentēs adulēscentia

Noun

adulēscēns c (genitive adulēscentis); third declension

  1. young man or woman, a youth

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative adulēscēns adulēscentēs
Genitive adulēscentis adulēscentium
Dative adulēscentī adulēscentibus
Accusative adulēscentem adulēscentēs
Ablative adulēscente adulēscentibus
Vocative adulēscēns adulēscentēs

The genitive plural is usually adulēscentium; the alternative form adulēscentum is also attested, though rare.[1][2]

Derived terms

References
  • adulescens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adulescens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adulescens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • still quote a young (old) man: admodum adulescens, senex
    • he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
    • a promising youth: adulescens bonae (egregiae) spei
  • adulescens in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  1. ădŭlescens in Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1879
  2. Perseus Search Results, Perseus Digital Library
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