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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Present participle of adolēscō.
Participle
adolēscēns (genitive adolēscentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- growing up, maturing
- increasing, augmenting
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
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