Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 58.adulescentia on page 58
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adulēscentia youth
adulēscentia is a Latin Noun that primarily means youth.
Definitions for adulēscentia
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
youth, young manhood; youthfulness
English derivatives:
adolescence adolescent
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The period of life when one is young, youth, young manhood.
- 2
The characteristic of being young, youthfulness; (pregn., w. ref. to the impulsiveness and other traits of youth).
- 3
(quasi-personified) Youth; (collect.) youthful persons, the young.
Sentences with adulēscentia
Latin to English
Ineunte enim adulescentia, cum est maxima imbecillitas consilii, tum id sibi quisque genus aetatis degendae constituit, quod maximi adamavit.Compare For it is in the years of early youth, when our judgment is most immature, that each of us decides that his calling in life shall be that which he has taken a special liking.
Quis contra in adulescentia pudor non diligo?Compare Who on the other hand would not love modesty in youth?
Declension table for adulēscentia
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | adulēscentia | adulēscentiae |
| Gen. | adulēscentiae | adulēscentiārum |
| Dat. | adulēscentiae | adulēscentiīs |
| Acc. | adulēscentiam | adulēscentiās |
| Abl. | adulēscentiā | adulēscentiīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 33.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 58.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "adulēscentia, adulēscentiae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/adulescentia-adulescentiae.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 33.adulēscentia, adulēscentiae on page 33
