adulescentior
Latin
Etymology
From adulēscēns (“young, youthful”) + -iō, present active participle of adolēscō (“grow, grow up”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.dʊ.ɫeːsˈkɛn.ti.ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.d̪u.leʃˈʃɛn.t̪͡s̪i.or]
Verb
adulēscentior (present infinitive adulēscentiārī, perfect active adulēscentiātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to behave like a young man, behave youthfully
Conjugation
Conjugation of adulēscentior (first conjugation, deponent)
Adjective
adulēscentior (comparative, neuter adulēscentius); third declension
- comparative degree of adulēscēns
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | adulēscentior | adulēscentius | adulēscentiōrēs | adulēscentiōra | |
| genitive | adulēscentiōris | adulēscentiōrum | |||
| dative | adulēscentiōrī | adulēscentiōribus | |||
| accusative | adulēscentiōrem | adulēscentius | adulēscentiōrēs adulēscentiōrīs |
adulēscentiōra | |
| ablative | adulēscentiōre adulēscentiōrī |
adulēscentiōribus | |||
| vocative | adulēscentior | adulēscentius | adulēscentiōrēs | adulēscentiōra | |
References
- “adulescentior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- adulescentior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.