LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

adulēscentia

adulēscentia f (genitive adulēscentiae)
Classical[a.dʊ.ɫeːsˈkɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[a.du.leʃˈʃɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. youth, youthfulness, young manhood

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeadulēscentiaadulēscentiae
genitiveadulēscentiaeadulēscentiārum
dativeadulēscentiaeadulēscentiīs
accusativeadulēscentiamadulēscentiās
ablativeadulēscentiāadulēscentiīs
vocativeadulēscentiaadulēscentiae

ădŭlescentĭa (not ădŏl-), ae. f. adulescens,
I. the age of the adulescens, the time between the age of the puer and juvenis, i. e. from the 15th to the 30th year, the time of youth, youth, = ἐφηβία, ἡλικία (cf. adulescens): quid enim? Citius adulescentiae senectus quam pueritiae adulescentia obrepit? Cic. Sen. 2: qui adulescentiam florem aetatis, senectutem occasum vitae velit definire, id. Top. 7, 32: Nemo adulescentiam tuam contemnat, Vulg. 1 Tim. 4, 12: ineunte adulescentia, Cic. Off. 2, 32: jam a prima adulescentia, id. Fam. 1, 9 fin.: ab adulescentia sua, Vulg. Gen. 8, 21: in adulescentia = adulescens, Suet. Claud. 41.

Origins

From adulēscēns + -ia.

Descendants
  • Englishadolescence
  • Frenchadolescence
  • Italianadolescenza
  • Portugueseadolescência
  • Romanianadolescență
  • Spanishadolescencia
  • Albanianadoleshencë

Quick answers

What does adulēscentia mean in Latin?
adulēscentia, a noun, means “youth, youthfulness, young manhood”.
What is the genitive of adulēscentia?
The genitive singular is adulēscentiae. adulēscentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce adulēscentia?
In classical Latin, [a.dʊ.ɫeːsˈkɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.du.leʃˈʃɛn.t͡si.a].