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.
young (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. partus, ūs (of any creature)2. fētus, ūs3. prōles, is, f.4. sŭbŏles5. pullus (of any animal; but the kind is generally defined by some addition)6. cătŭlus (of quadrupeds) • young (subs.): offspring: 1. partus, ūs (of any creature): animals fight for their y., bestiae pro suo partu propugnant, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 79. 2. fētus, ūs: animals that have many y. at a birth, quae multiplices fetus procreant, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128. 3. prōles, is, f.: when the eagle has fed her young, ubi esca aquila replevit prolem suam, Phaedr. 2, 4, 19. 4. sŭbŏles: the y. of the flock, suboles gregis, Hor. Od. 3, 13, 8. 5. pullus (of any animal; but the kind is generally defined by some addition): y. of horse, ass, p. equinus, asininus, Varr.: Col.: the y. of a frog, pulli ranae, Hor. S. 2, 3, 314: the y. of pigeons, p. columbini, Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 3. 6. cătŭlus (of quadrupeds): let the beasts hide their y., catulos ferae celent, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 41: v. whelp.
YOUNG Copy link • YOUNGadj., and Vid: Of persons, parvus, parvulus (not yet grown up; opposed to adultus): infans (under the seventh year): puer, puella (a boy, girl, to the seventeenth year and beyond): adolescentulus, adolescens (to the thirtieth year and beyond): juvenis (a young man, to the forty-fifth year and beyond: ☞ puer is said of persons older than the seventeenth year, to denote their want of experience; adolescens, especially, also, as implying absence of caution and considerateness which belong to old age; and juvenis, as implying that the party is in the prime of life, still in full vigor): filius (a son, as opposed to his father; e.g., the young Marius, Marius filius): a young man, puer, adolescens, juvenis: filius (a son, opposed to his father): young people [Vid: YOUTH]: still very young, plane puer: peradolescentulus: that is still too young for anything, cujus setas non matura alicujus rei. To make young again, juveniles annos reddere alicui; alicui juvenilem quandam speciem reddere; renovare: to grow young again, juvenescere; repuerascere; renovari. Of animals, pullus (substantive, with the name of the animal added in an adjective; e.g., a young horse, pullus equinus): catulus (of the young of dogs and cats; e.g., catulus canis; catulus felis: figuratively, also, of the young of other animals; e.g., of swine, sheep, serpents): juvencus, juvenca (a bullock, heifer; juvencae also, figuratively of young hens; opposed to veteres gallinae; Plin., 10, 53, 74). The young, soboles; quae bestiae procreant (procrearunt); quae procreata sunt; quae nata sunt: to bring forth young, fetus edere or procreare catulos parere. Of trees and plants, novellus: a young vine, vitis novella. Of other things; novus: a young (lately married) wife, nova nupta: a young husband, novus maritus.