adulescens
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From adolēscō + -ēns with a phonological change from 'o' to 'u' in the antepenultimate syllable.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.duˈleːs.kens/, [äd̪ʊˈɫ̪eːs̠kẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.duˈleʃ.ʃens/, [äd̪uˈlɛʃːens]
Adjective edit
adulēscēns (genitive adulēscentis, comparative adulēscentior); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | adulēscēns | adulēscentēs | adulēscentia | ||
| Genitive | adulēscentis | adulēscentium | |||
| Dative | adulēscentī | adulēscentibus | |||
| Accusative | adulēscentem | adulēscēns | adulēscentēs | adulēscentia | |
| Ablative | adulēscentī | adulēscentibus | |||
| Vocative | adulēscēns | adulēscentēs | adulēscentia | ||
Noun edit
adulēscēns m or f (genitive adulēscentis); third declension
- a youth, a youngster; a young man, a lad; a young lady, a young woman, a maiden (likely between ages 14-21) (older than a puer but younger than a iuvenis)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | adulēscēns | adulēscentēs |
| Genitive | adulēscentis | adulēscentium |
| Dative | adulēscentī | adulēscentibus |
| Accusative | adulēscentem | adulēscentēs adulēscentīs |
| 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 edit
References edit
- “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[1], 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
- still quote a young (old) man: admodum adulescens, senex
- “adulescens”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ^ ădŭlescens in Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1879
- ^ Perseus Search Results, Perseus Digital Library