adulescentulus

Latin > English

adulescentulus adulescentula, adulescentulum ADJ :: very youthful, quite young
adulescentulus adulescentulus adulescentuli N M :: young man; mere youth

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ădŭlescentŭlus: (not ădŏl-), i, m.
dim. id.,
I a very young man, = νεανίσκος (when 27 years old, Cicero calls himself adulescentulus, Or. 30; cf. Gell. 15, 28, and Quint. 12, 6. So Sall. C. 49 calls Cæsar adulescentulus, although he was then 33, or perhaps 35 years old): neque admodum adulescentulust, Naev. Com. Rel. p. 11 Rib.; id. ib. p. 29: Rhodius adulescentulus, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 33: modestissimus, Cic. Planc. 11; Vulg. Gen. 4, 23: adulescentulus et virgo, ib. Ezech. 9, 6.—Also, a young soldier, a recruit, Cic. Rep. 1, 15 B.; cf. Nep. Paus. 4 and Ham. 1. Sometimes it indicates contempt: Proveniebant oratores novi, stulti adulescentuli, Naev. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 20: imberbis adulescentulus, Cic. Dom. 14.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ădŭlēscentŭlus, a, um, tout jeune homme : Cic. Phil. 8, 14 || [qqf. subst.] adulescentulus, ī, m., un tout jeune homme : Cic. Cæcil. 68 ; de Or. 2, 117, etc.; f., adulescentula, æ, une toute jeune femme : Ter. Andr. 118, etc.

Latin > German (Georges)

adulēscentulus, a, um (Demin, v. adulescens), I) Adj. ganz jung, aetas, Ambros. in psalm. 118. serm. 16. § 6. Heges. 1, 36, 2. – II) Subst.: a) adulescentulus, ī, m., ein ganz junger Mensch, -Mann, Komik, Lucil. fr., Cic. u.a.: stulti adulescentuli, Naev. tr. fr.: adulescentuli decori, Modeherrchen, Tac.: ab adulescentulo von Jugend an, Cic. – von einem Rekruten, Cic. u. Nep. – b) adulescentula, ae, f., ein ganz junges Mädchen (Ggstz. vetula), Komik. u.a.: attrib. = hübsch jung, meretrix ad., Plaut. mil. 789: filia ad., Ter. heaut. 602: als Liebkosungswort = mein Kind, Plaut. rud. 416. – / Arch. Nomin. auch adulescentulos, Plaut. Poen. prol. 115.