adulescentia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
adulēscēns + -ia
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.du.leːsˈken.ti.a/, [äd̪ʊɫ̪eːs̠ˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.du.leʃˈʃen.t͡si.a/, [äd̪uleʃˈʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun edit
adulēscentia f (genitive adulēscentiae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | adulēscentia | adulēscentiae |
| Genitive | adulēscentiae | adulēscentiārum |
| Dative | adulēscentiae | adulēscentiīs |
| Accusative | adulēscentiam | adulēscentiās |
| Ablative | adulēscentiā | adulēscentiīs |
| Vocative | adulēscentia | adulēscentiae |
Descendants edit
- → English: adolescence
- → French: adolescence
- → Italian: adolescenza
- → Portuguese: adolescência
- → Romanian: adolescență
- → Spanish: adolescencia
References edit
- “adulescentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adulescentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adulescentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the fires of youth have cooled: adulescentia deferbuit
- the fires of youth have cooled: adulescentia deferbuit