adolescens

Latin

Alternative forms

• adulescēns

Etymology

Present participle of adolēscō.

Participle

adolēscēns (genitive adolēscentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. growing up, maturing
2. increasing, augmenting

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	adolēscēns			adolēscentēs	adolēscentia
genitive	adolēscentis			adolēscentium
dative	adolēscentī			adolēscentibus
accusative	adolēscentem	adolēscēns		adolēscentēs adolēscentīs	adolēscentia
ablative	adolēscente adolēscentī1			adolēscentibus
vocative	adolēscēns			adolēscentēs	adolēscentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: adolescent
• English: adolescent
• French: adolescent
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Romagnol: adulescént
• Galician: adolescente
• Italian: adolescente
• Portuguese: adolescente
• Romanian: adolescent
• Spanish: adolescente

References

• “adolescens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “adolescens”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin