Latin edit

Etymology edit

From in- +‎ pūbēs.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

impūbēs (genitive impūberis or impūbis); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)

  1. youthful
  2. beardless
  3. celibate, chaste

Declension edit

Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative impūbēs impūberēs impūbera
Genitive impūberis impūberum
Dative impūberī impūberibus
Accusative impūberem impūbēs impūberēs impūbera
Ablative impūbere impūberibus
Vocative impūbēs impūberēs impūbera

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative impūbēs impūbēs impūbia
Genitive impūbis impūbium
Dative impūbī impūbibus
Accusative impūbem impūbēs impūbēs impūbia
Ablative impūbī impūbibus
Vocative impūbēs impūbēs impūbia

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: impúber

Further reading edit

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