pubertas

See also: pubertás

Latin

Etymology

pūbēs +‎ -tās

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puːˈber.taːs/, [puːˈbɛrt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈber.tas/, [puˈbɛrt̪äs]

Noun

pūbertās f (genitive pūbertātis); third declension

1. puberty (age, manifestations)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pūbertās	pūbertātēs
genitive	pūbertātis	pūbertātum
dative	pūbertātī	pūbertātibus
accusative	pūbertātem	pūbertātēs
ablative	pūbertāte	pūbertātibus
vocative	pūbertās	pūbertātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: pubertat
• Czech: puberta
• English: puberty
• French: puberté
  • → Romanian: pubertate
• German: Pubertät
• → Hungarian: pubertás (learned)
• Italian: pubertà
• Portuguese: puberdade
• Spanish: pubertad

References

• “pubertas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pubertas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pubertas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.