adjective
pūbens
Meaning
- arrived at the age of puberty
pūbens, entis, adj. id.,
I. arrived at the age of puberty, pubescent (poet.).
I. Lit.: frater, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 142: anni, Aus. Idyll. ap. Monos. Membr. 12, 2.—
II. Transf., of plants, in full vigor, juicy, flourishing, exuberant:
herbae, Verg. G. 3, 126; id. A. 4, 514: frondes salicum, Aus. Ep. 2, 14: gramina, id. Idyll. 10, 203: rosae, Stat. S. 3, 3, 129.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pūbēns entis, adj.
pubes, mature, flourishing, exuberant : herbae, V.