LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

pūbertās

pūbertās f (genitive pūbertātis)
Classical[puːˈbɛr.taːs]Ecclesiastical[puˈbɛr.tas]

Meaning

  1. puberty (age, manifestations)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepūbertāspūbertātēs
genitivepūbertātispūbertātum
dativepūbertātīpūbertātibus
accusativepūbertātempūbertātēs
ablativepūbertātepūbertātibus
vocativepūbertāspūbertātēs

pūbertas, ātis, f. puber,
I. the age of manhood or maturity, puberty.
I. Lit.: primis pubertatis annis, Just. 9, 6, 5: ab initio pubertatis, id. 23, 1, 8; 35, 2, 2; and: circa pubertatem, Plin. 25, 13, 95, § 154: pubertatis et primae adulescentiae tempus, Suet. Dom. 1; cf. Macr. S. 7, 7: differetur quaestio in tempus pubertatis, Dig. 37, 10, 1, § 11; 37, 10, 7, § 3.—
II. Transf.
A. The signs of puberty, the beard, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 86; Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76; 21, 26, 97, § 170.—
2. Of plants, soft down, pubescence, Plin. 23, praef. 4, § 7.—
B. Manhood, virility: inexhausta pubertas, Tac. G. 20, 2.—
C. Youth, young persons: pubertas canis suum honorem reddebat, Val. Max. 2, 1, 10: dux pubertatis, Vulg. Prov. 2, 17.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin pūbertās From pūbēs + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanpubertat
  • Englishpuberty
  • Frenchpuberté
  • Romanianpubertatefrom French puberté
  • GermanPubertät
  • Italianpubertà
  • Portuguesepuberdade
  • Spanishpubertad
  • Czechpuberta
  • Hungarianpubertás

Quick answers

What does pūbertās mean in Latin?
pūbertās, a noun, means “puberty (age, manifestations)”.
What is the genitive of pūbertās?
The genitive singular is pūbertātis. pūbertās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce pūbertās?
In classical Latin, [puːˈbɛr.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [puˈbɛr.tas].