adultus

Esperanto

Verb

adultus

1. conditional of adulti

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of adoleō (“burn, sacrifice”).

Participle

adultus (feminine adulta, neuter adultum); first/second-declension participle

1. magnified or piled up with for sacrifice; burned, sacrificed, having been sacrificed
2. consumed or destroyed by fire, having been destroyed by fire

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	adultus	adulta	adultum		adultī	adultae	adulta
Genitive	adultī	adultae	adultī		adultōrum	adultārum	adultōrum
Dative	adultō		adultō		adultīs
Accusative	adultum	adultam	adultum		adultōs	adultās	adulta
Ablative	adultō	adultā	adultō		adultīs
Vocative	adulte	adulta	adultum		adultī	adultae	adulta

Etymology 2

Perfect participle of adolēscō (“grow up”).

Participle

adultus (feminine adulta, neuter adultum); first/second-declension participle

1. grown-up, matured, adult

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	adultus	adulta	adultum		adultī	adultae	adulta
Genitive	adultī	adultae	adultī		adultōrum	adultārum	adultōrum
Dative	adultō		adultō		adultīs
Accusative	adultum	adultam	adultum		adultōs	adultās	adulta
Ablative	adultō	adultā	adultō		adultīs
Vocative	adulte	adulta	adultum		adultī	adultae	adulta

Descendants

• → French: adulte (learned)
• → Italian: adulto
• → Romagnol: adùlt
• → Spanish: adulto

References

• “adultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• adultus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “adultus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “adultus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin