iuvenis

Latin

Alternative forms

juvenis

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *juwenis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-. Cognates include Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan), Persian ‎ (javān) and Old English ġeong (English young).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.we.nis/, [ˈjʊ.wɛ.nɪs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.ve.nis/, [ˈjuː.ve.nis]

Adjective

iuvenis (genitive iuvenis, comparative iūnior or iuvenior, superlative iuvenissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

young

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	iuvenis		iuvenēs	iuvenia
Genitive	iuvenis		iuvenium
Dative	iuvenī		iuvenibus
Accusative	iuvenem	iuvenis	iuvenēs	iuvenia
Ablative	iuvenī		iuvenibus
Vocative	iuvenis		iuvenēs	iuvenia

Antonyms

senex

Noun

iuvenis m or f (genitive iuvenis); third declension

A youth; a young man or woman.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iuvenis	iuvenēs
Genitive	iuvenis	iuvenum
Dative	iuvenī	iuvenibus
Accusative	iuvenem	iuvenēs
Ablative	iuvene	iuvenibus
Vocative	iuvenis	iuvenēs

Related terms

iūnior
iūnīx
iuvenālis
iuvenculascō
iuvenculus
iuvencus
iuvenēscō
iuvenīlis
iuvenīlitās
iuvenīliter
iuvenior
iuvenor
iuventa
iuventās
Iuventās
iuventūs

Descendants

Aragonese: choven
Aromanian: gioni
Asturian: xoven
Catalan: jove
Dalmatian: jaun
Friulian: zovin, ğovin
Galician: xove
Istriot: zuvena
Italian: giovine, giovane

Ligurian: zoêno, zóveno
Lombard: joven
Occitan: jove, jouine
Old French: juene
- Middle French: ieune, jeune
  - French: French: jeune
Portuguese: jovem
Romanian: june
Romansch: giuven, gioven
Sardinian: giovanu, cioanu, giovunu
Sicilian: giùvini
Spanish: joven
Venetian: xovane
Walloon: djonne

References

iuvenis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
iuvenis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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