adolescens

Latin

Alternative forms

• adulescēns

Etymology

Present participle of adolēscō.

Participle

adolēscēns (genitive adolēscentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. growing up, maturing
2. increasing, augmenting

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	adolēscēns			adolēscentēs	adolēscentia
Genitive	adolēscentis			adolēscentium
Dative	adolēscentī			adolēscentibus
Accusative	adolēscentem	adolēscēns		adolēscentēs adolēscentīs	adolēscentia
Ablative	adolēscente adolēscentī1			adolēscentibus
Vocative	adolēscēns			adolēscentēs	adolēscentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: adolescent
• English: adolescent
• French: adolescent
• Italian: adolescente
• Portuguese: adolescente
• Romanian: adolescent
• Spanish: adolescente

References

• “adolescens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “adolescens”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin