adulescens

Latin

Alternative forms

• adolescēns

Etymology

From adolēscō +‎ -ēns with a phonological change from 'o' to 'u' in the antepenultimate syllable.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.duˈleːs.kens/, [äd̪ʊˈɫ̪eːs̠kẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.duˈleʃ.ʃens/, [äd̪uˈlɛʃːens]

Adjective

adulēscēns (genitive adulēscentis, comparative adulēscentior); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. young, youthful
2. minor (of two boys)

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	adulēscēns			adulēscentēs	adulēscentia
Genitive	adulēscentis			adulēscentium
Dative	adulēscentī			adulēscentibus
Accusative	adulēscentem	adulēscēns		adulēscentēs	adulēscentia
Ablative	adulēscentī			adulēscentibus
Vocative	adulēscēns			adulēscentēs	adulēscentia

Noun

adulēscēns m or f (genitive adulēscentis); third declension

1. a youth, a youngster; a young man, a lad; a young lady, a young woman, a maiden (likely between ages 14-21) (older than a puer but younger than a iuvenis)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adulēscēns	adulēscentēs
Genitive	adulēscentis	adulēscentium
Dative	adulēscentī	adulēscentibus
Accusative	adulēscentem	adulēscentēs adulēscentīs
Ablative	adulēscente	adulēscentibus
Vocative	adulēscēns	adulēscentēs

The genitive plural is usually adulēscentium; the alternative form adulēscentum is also attested, though rare.

Derived terms

• adulescentulus

References

• “adulescens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adulescens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• adulescens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • still quote a young (old) man: admodum adulescens, senex
    
  • he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
    
  • a promising youth: adulescens bonae (egregiae) spei
    
• “adulescens”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers