adultus

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Verb

adultus

  1. conditional of adulti

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of adoleō (“burn, sacrifice”).

Participle

adultus (feminine adulta, neuter adultum); first/second-declension participle

  1. magnified or piled up with for sacrifice; burned, sacrificed, having been sacrificed
  2. consumed or destroyed by fire, having been destroyed by fire
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative adultus adulta adultum adultī adultae adulta
Genitive adultī adultae adultī adultōrum adultārum adultōrum
Dative adultō adultō adultīs
Accusative adultum adultam adultum adultōs adultās adulta
Ablative adultō adultā adultō adultīs
Vocative adulte adulta adultum adultī adultae adulta

Etymology 2

Perfect participle of adolēscō (“grow up”).

Participle

adultus (feminine adulta, neuter adultum); first/second-declension participle

  1. grown-up, matured, adult
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative adultus adulta adultum adultī adultae adulta
Genitive adultī adultae adultī adultōrum adultārum adultōrum
Dative adultō adultō adultīs
Accusative adultum adultam adultum adultōs adultās adulta
Ablative adultō adultā adultō adultīs
Vocative adulte adulta adultum adultī adultae adulta
Descendants
  • → French: adulte (learned)
  • → Italian: adulto
  • → Romagnol: adùlt

References

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