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adjective

jŭvĕnālis

Meaning

  1. youthful, juvenile, suitable for young people

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.)

jŭvĕnālis, e, adj. juvenis,
I. youthful, juvenile, suitable for young people (mostly poet. and post - Aug.): corpus, Verg. A. 5, 475: arma, id. ib. 2, 518; Sil. 2, 312: mihi mens juvenali ardebat amore compellare virum, Verg. A. 8, 163: fama, Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 32: ludi, a kind of games introduced by Nero, Suet. Ner. 11; cf. dies, id. Calig. 17: ludus, Liv. 1, 57, 11.—Hence, subst.: jŭvĕnālĭa, ium, n., youthful pursuits, games, Tac. A. 14, 15; 15, 33; 16, 21; Capitol. Gord. 4.—Adv.: jŭvĕnālĭ-ter, in a youthful manner, youthfully: jecit ab obliquo nitidum juvenaliter aurum, Ov. M. 10, 675; id. A. A. 3, 733; id. M. 7, 805. —Hence, rashly, improvidently, Ov. Tr. 2, 117 al.
Jŭvĕnālis, is, m.,
I. Juvenal: D. Junius Juvenalis, a Roman satirist in the time of Domitian and Trajan, Mart. 7, 24, 1; 12, 18, 2 al.

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What does jŭvĕnālis mean in Latin?
jŭvĕnālis, a adjective, means “youthful, juvenile, suitable for young people”.