iuventa
Meaning
- feminineyouth, young manhood
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Juventa · Juventus · Juventas · Juvenalis · Juvenilis
1. Juventa (from ζέω, ζόη), is the season of youth; juventus, a collection of young men; Juventas, the goddess of youth. 2. Juvenalis denotes youthful, either indifferently, as that which belongs to young people, or with praise, in opp. to the weakness of old age; whereas juvenilis denotes youthful, with the accessory moral notion of what is in conformity with the character of young people, mostly with blame, in opp. to the maturity of age. (v. 46.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | iuventa | iuventae |
| genitive | iuventae | iuventārum |
| dative | iuventae | iuventīs |
| accusative | iuventam | iuventās |
| ablative | iuventā | iuventīs |
| vocative | iuventa | iuventae |
membra decora juventā, Verg. A. 4, 559: prima a parte juventae, Cic. Att. poët. 2, 3, 3: Euryalus forma insignis, viridique juventa, Verg. A. 5, 295; Ov. M. 4, 17; 6, 719; 10, 84: non ita se a juventa eum gessisse, Liv. 35, 42: qua capta juventa Hippia, Juv. 6, 103: Livia, prima sua juventa ex Nerone gravida, Plin. 10, 55, 76, § 154: elephantorum juventa a sexagesimo anno incipit, id. 8, 10, 10, § 28: nitidus juventā (of the snake), Verg. G. 3, 437.—Of plants, Plin. 16, 23, 35, § 86.—Poet., youth, young people: moderator juventae, Mart. 2, 90, 1.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
Uncertain. The term could be compared with Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌹 (jundai) and Sanskrit युवता (yuvatā, “youth, youthfulness”) and perhaps derive from Proto-Italic *juwentā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥téh₂, itself from *h₂yéwHō. Otherwise, in Latin, the sequence -VṷV̆C- evolves into -VṷC- (Compare *prowidens > *proudens > prūdens). However, this issue could be resolved if this rule did not affect the sequence -ŭṷV̆C-. See also iuventūs and iuventās.