iuventus

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Latin

Etymology

From iuvenis (young) +‎ -tūs (abstract noun-forming suffix). Compare iuventās.

Pronunciation

Noun

iuventūs f (genitive iuventūtis); third declension

  1. the age of youth, youth
    Synonyms: iuventās, iuventa
    Antonym: senectūs

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative iuventūs iuventūtēs
genitive iuventūtis iuventūtum
dative iuventūtī iuventūtibus
accusative iuventūtem iuventūtēs
ablative iuventūte iuventūtibus
vocative iuventūs iuventūtēs

Descendants

References

  • iuventus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • men of military age: qui arma ferre possunt or iuventus
  • See under juventus