adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)
impūbēs
impūbēs (genitive impūberis or impūbis)
Classical[ɪmˈpuː.beːs]Ecclesiastical[imˈpuː.bes]
Meaning
- one terminationyouthful
- one terminationbeardless
- one terminationcelibate, chaste
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | impūbēs inpūbes | impūbēs inpūbes | impūbēs inpūbes |
| genitive | impūberis impūbis, inpūberis | impūberis impūbis, inpūberis | impūberis impūbis, inpūberis |
| dative | impūberī impūbī, inpūberī | impūberī impūbī, inpūberī | impūberī impūbī, inpūberī |
| accusative | impūberem impūbem, inpūberem | impūberem impūbem, inpūberem | impūbēs inpūbes |
| ablative | impūbere impūbī, impūbe, inpūbere, inpūberī | impūbere impūbī, impūbe, inpūbere, inpūberī | impūbere impūbī, impūbe, inpūbere, inpūberī |
| vocative | impūbēs inpūbes | impūbēs inpūbes | impūbēs inpūbes |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | impūberēs impūbēs, inpūberēs | impūberēs impūbēs, inpūberēs | impūbera impūbia, inpūberia |
| genitive | impūberum impūbium, impūberium, inpūberium | impūberum impūbium, impūberium, inpūberium | impūberum impūbium, impūberium, inpūberium |
| dative | impūberibus impūbibus, inpūberibus | impūberibus impūbibus, inpūberibus | impūberibus impūbibus, inpūberibus |
| accusative | impūberīs impūberēs, impūbīs, impūbēs, inpūberēs, inpūberīs | impūberīs impūberēs, impūbīs, impūbēs, inpūberēs, inpūberīs | impūbera impūbia, inpūberia |
| ablative | impūberibus impūbibus, inpūberibus | impūberibus impūbibus, inpūberibus | impūberibus impūbibus, inpūberibus |
| vocative | impūberēs impūbēs, inpūberēs | impūberēs impūbēs, inpūberēs | impūbera impūbia, inpūberia |
impūbes (inp-), ĕris, and (more freq., but not in Cic. or Cæs.) impūbis, is (form -es, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 13; Caes. B. G. 6, 21; Val. Max. 6, 9, 9; Suet. Dom. 10; Ov. F. 2, 239;
I.
form -is, Hor. Epod. 5, 13; id. C. 2, 9, 15; Tac. H. 3, 25; 4, 14; Ov. M. 3, 417; 9, 416; Lucr. 5, 673; Liv. 9, 14, 11; 2, 13, 10; Verg. A. 9, 751; 7, 382; Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 130; Suet. Claud. 43 al.), adj. 2. in-pubes, not having attained to manhood, below the age of puberty, under age, youthful, beardless: filium ejus impuberem in carcere necatum esse dixit, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 13: qui de servis liberisque omnibus ad impuberes supplicium sumit, Caes. B. C. 3, 14 fin.; Suet. Claud. 27; id. Ner. 35; id. Dom. 10: puer, Ov. F. 2, 239: comitemque impubis luli, Verg. A. 5, 546: nec impubem parentes Troïlon Flevere semper, Hor. C. 2, 9, 15: capillus impubium impositus, Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 41.— Esp. subst.: impūbes, is, com.: productis omnibus elegisse impubes dicitur, Liv. 2, 13, 10.—Freq. as leg. t. t., a person under years of discretion: impuberes quidem in tutela esse omnium civitatum jure contingit, Gai. Inst. 1, 189: an impubes rem alienam amovendo furtum faciat, id. ib. 3, 208.—II. In partic., celibate, virgin, chaste:
qui diutissime impuberes permanserunt, maximam inter suos ferunt laudem, Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
impūbēs (in-p-) eris (C., Cs., O.), and impūbis, is (H., V., L., O., Ta.), adj.
2 in+pubes, under age, youthful, beardless: filium impuberem necatum esse: servi omnes ad impuberes, Cs.: comes impubis Iuli, V.: impubem Troïlon Flevere, H.—As subst m.: productis omnibus elegisse impubīs dicitur, the boys, L.—Of things: corpus, H.: malae, beardless, V.: impubibus annis, in childhood, O.— Celibate, virgin, chaste: impuberes permanere, Cs.
Origins
From in- + pūbēs.
Descendants
- Spanishimpúber