young (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. jŭvĕnis (rare as adj. in the positive degree)2. ădŏlescens3. parvus (small)4. parvŭlus5. infans (infant)6. nŏvus (new, fresh)7. nŏvellus • young (adj.): 1. jŭvĕnis (rare as adj. in the positive degree): y.er by a whole year, toto junior anno, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 44: a y. sheep, ovis juvenis, Col. 2. ădŏlescens: that I may use the same right when old that I used when y.er, eodem ut jure uti senem liceat quo sum usus adolescentior, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 3. 3. parvus (small): y. children, p. liberi, Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37. 4. parvŭlus: a y. Aeneas, p. Aeneas, Virg. Aen. 4, 326. 5. infans (infant): y. children, infantes pueri, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162. 6. nŏvus (new, fresh): y. offspring, nova proles, Lucr. 1, 260: a y. bride, n. nupta, Cat. 61, 80. 7. nŏvellus: a y. goat, n. capra, Varr.: y. vines, n. vites, Virg. E. 3, 11. Of men and women at various points of youth the above are used substantively and some other terms. A y. child, infans: a y. lad (boy), puer: y. girl, puella: y. man, adolescens, juvenis: y. woman, virgo. Phr.: a very y. man, homo peradolescens, Cic. Manil. 21, 61: to grow y. again, repuerascere, Cic.: juvenescere, Ov.: Plin.