impubes

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ pūbēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈpuː.beːs/, [ɪmˈpuːbeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈpu.bes/, [imˈpuːbes]

Adjective

impūbēs (genitive impūberis or impūbis); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)

1. youthful
2. beardless
3. celibate, chaste

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	impūbēs			impūberēs	impūbera
genitive	impūberis			impūberum
dative	impūberī			impūberibus
accusative	impūberem	impūbēs		impūberēs	impūbera
ablative	impūbere			impūberibus
vocative	impūbēs			impūberēs	impūbera

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	impūbēs			impūbēs	impūbia
genitive	impūbis			impūbium
dative	impūbī			impūbibus
accusative	impūbem	impūbēs		impūbēs	impūbia
ablative	impūbī			impūbibus
vocative	impūbēs			impūbēs	impūbia

Descendants

• Spanish: impúber

Further reading

• “impubes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impubes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• impubes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “impubes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “impubes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin