iuventa

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. The term could be compared with Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌹 (jundai) and Sanskrit युवता (yuvatā, “youth, youthfulness”) and perhaps derive from Proto-Italic *juwentā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥téh₂,[1] itself from *h₂yéwHō. Otherwise, in Latin, the sequence -VṷV̆C- evolves into -VṷC- (Compare *prowidens > *proudens > prūdens). However, this issue could be resulved if this rule did not affect the sequence -ŭṷV̆C-.[2]

See also iuventūs and iuventās.

Pronunciation

Noun

iuventa f (genitive iuventae); first declension

  1. youth, young manhood
    Synonyms: iuventūs, iuventās
    Antonym: senectūs

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative iuventa iuventae
genitive iuventae iuventārum
dative iuventae iuventīs
accusative iuventam iuventās
ablative iuventā iuventīs
vocative iuventa iuventae

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 61: “*h₂yuHn̥téh₂ ‘youth’”
  2. ^ Nussbaum, Alan (2022), “Classical Latin iūdicāre and Corcolle iouosdica-:Can you get here from there?”, in Grestenberger, Laura, Reiss, Charles, Fellner, Hannes, Pantillon, Gabriel, editors, Ha! Linguistic Studies in Honor of Mark R. Hale‎[2], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 4-5
  • “iuventa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “juventa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “juventa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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