iuventas Latin · revision 34105

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la iuvenis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [jʊˈwɛn.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [juˈvɛn.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iuventās''' ''f'' (genitive iuventātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|iuvenis|-tās|t1=young]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|iuvenis]] to [[itc-pro|*juwen-|t=young]] and [[ine-pro|*h2iu-h1en-|t=who possesses vital force]], hence “young”, and counts [[m|la|iuventūs]] as more original than this word and [[m|la|iuventa]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|युवन्|tr=yúvan-|t=young; young man]] and [[lt|jáunas|t=young]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler record it first in Lucretius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who writes that youth clothes the cheeks with soft down: ''iuventas … molli vestit lanugine malas''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means the period or condition of early manhood, youth,^(OLD 2012) a poetic word, much rarer than [[iuventa]] and ''iuventūs'';^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) poets use it in the nominative singular, and the plural is not found.^(TLL) Virgil, Horace and Tibullus have it,^(Georges 1913) Virgil's ''prīma iuventās'' is the first down of youth,^(Georges 1913) and Horace uses it of youthful vigour.^(Georges 1913) Personified, ''Iuventās'' is the goddess of youth, identified with Hebe:^(OLD 2012) Cicero writes of the gods feasting while she serves the cups,^(OLD 2012) and Livy and Horace name her too.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein distinguishes ''iuventa'', the season of youth, from ''iuventūs'', a body of young men, and ''Iuventās'', the goddess.^(Döderlein 1874) Medieval glossaries in Britain explain it as youth, the state of being young.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of youth.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''Iuventās'' of the goddess of youth.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil has ''prīma iuventās''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy names the goddess.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The period or condition of early manhood, [[m|en|youth]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # (poetic) The first down of youth; youthful [[m|en|vigour]].^(Georges 1913)

+ # (personified) ''Iuventās'', the goddess of youth, identified with [[m|en|Hebe]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iuvenis]]

+ * [[iuventūs]]

+ * [[iuventa]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}