pubertas

pūbertas, ātis, f. [puber], the age of manhood or maturity, puberty.

• I Lit.: primis pubertatis annis, Just. 9, 6, 5: ab initio pubertatis, id. 23, 1, 8; 35, 2, 2; and: circa pubertatem, Plin. 25, 13, 95, § 154: pubertatis et primae adulescentiae tempus, Suet. Dom. 1; cf. Macr. S. 7, 7: differetur quaestio in tempus pubertatis, Dig. 37, 10, 1, § 11; 37, 10, 7, § 3.—
• II Transf.
• • A The signs of puberty, the beard, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 86; Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76; 21, 26, 97, § 170.—
  • • 2 Of plants, soft down, pubescence, Plin. 23, praef. 4, § 7.—
  • B Manhood, virility: inexhausta pubertas, Tac. G. 20, 2.—
  • C Youth, young persons: pubertas canis suum honorem reddebat, Val. Max. 2, 1, 10: dux pubertatis, Vulg. Prov. 2, 17.

pūbertās, ātis, f. (puber), die Geschlechtsreife, Mannbarkeit, I) eig.: pubertatis tempus, Suet.: p. iuvenilis, Apul.: primis pubertatis annis, Iustin.: nondum pubertatem ingressus, Tac.: annos pubertatis egressus, Iustin.: in robustiorem gradum transiens pubertas, Sen. – II) meton.: A) das Zeichen der Mannbarkeit, das Barthaar, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 86. Plin. 7, 76 u.a.: übtr., von Gewächsen, incipientis uvae pubertas, das wollige Haar (lanugo), Plin. 23. prooem. § 7. – B) die Manneskraft, Zeugungskraft, Mannheit, inexhausta, Tac. Germ. 20, 2. – C) die mannbare Jugend (Ggstz. cani), Val. Max. 2, 1, 10.

pubertas [CL] 1 (age of) physical maturity, puberty, youth. prostibuli stupro quo penitus a ~ate [gl.: juventute] incorrupto corpore caruit Aldh. VirgP 32 p. 273; vacantes ac sine conjugio exacto tempore ~atis Bede Egb. 11 p. 415; ~as, juventus tenera, legitima tamen GlC P 857; a primeva tenere etatis infantia usque adulte ~atis florem W. Malm. GP V 192; ~as nomen est etatis. dux ~atis est virgineus maritus quem preeuntem sicut maritum juvencula sequi debet Andr. S. Vict. Sal. 23; qui ‥ ut ‥ ad pleniora ~atis tempora jam pervenisset Gir. Æthelb. 2. 2 maturing (of plant, fruit, or sim.). s1252 ~atem pomorum, glandium, fagine et omne genus fructuum ‥ adeo adussit ut ‥ M. Par. Maj. V 278.

pūbertās, (14) ātis, f. , (puber), ¶ 1 puberté : Suet. Dom. 1 ; Plin. 25, 154 ¶ 2 signe de la puberté, poils, barbe : Cic. Nat. 2, 86 || duvet des plantes : Plin. 23, præf. 7 || faculté virile : Tac. G. 20, 2 || jeunes gens : Val. Max. 2, 1, 10.

pubertas , atis. f.
發身之時。汗毛。已能生兒時。— uvae 葡萄果熟。

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pūbertās ātis, f

• pubes, the age of manhood, maturity, Ta.—A sign of maturity, beard: dentes et pubertas.—Manhood, virility: inexhausta, Ta.