adulescens Latin · revision 8484

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la alō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [a.dʊˈɫeːs.kẽːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [a.duˈlɛʃ.ʃens]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''adulēscēns''' (genitive adulēscentis, comparative adulēscentior); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''adolēscēns''.^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the participle of [[adolēscō]] “to grow up”, with ⟨o⟩ weakened to ⟨u⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations for the adjective are from Cicero and Caesar, of the younger of two men of the same name.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it meant young, youthful, and was used of the younger of two members of a family with the same name, as Cicero's ''Brūtus adulēscēns''.^(OLD 2012) As a noun it meant a young man or woman.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a youth.^(Stelten 1995) Through French or directly from Latin it gave [[en|adolescent]], a young person, in the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the younger of two men.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of the younger Brutus.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''adolescent'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Young, youthful.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The younger (of two of the same name).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A young man or woman, an [[m|en|adolescent]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adolēscō]]

+ * [[adulēscentia]]

+ * [[iuvenis]]

+ * [[en|adolescent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}