English

Proper noun

Juventas

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of youth, and a daughter of Jupiter and Juno. Juventas was the cupbearer of the gods until she married her paternal halfbrother, Hercules, whith whom she had twin sons, Alexiares and Anicetus. She is the Roman counterpart of Hebe.

Derived terms

• juvenile
• juvenile detention facility

Latin

Noun

juventās f ‎(genitive juventātis); third declension

1. Alternative form of iuventas

Inflection

Third declension.

Noun

juventās

1. accusative plural of juventa

References

• juventas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “juventas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• juventas in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray