Latin

Noun

adulēscēns c ‎(genitive adulēscentis); third declension

1. young man or woman, a youth

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

The genitive plural is usually adulēscentium; the alternative form adulēscentum is also attested, though rare.^[1][2]

Adjective

adulēscēns m, f, n ‎(genitive adulēscentis); third declension

1. young, youthful
2. minor (of two boys)

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• adulescens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adulescens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adulescens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • still quote a young (old) man: admodum adulescens, senex
    
  • he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
    
  • a promising youth: adulescens bonae (egregiae) spei
    
• adulescens in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

1. ↑ ădŭlescens in Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1879
2. ↑ Perseus Search Results, Perseus Digital Library