adolēscō

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ăd-ŏlesco, ēvi (rare ui, Varr. ap. Prisc. 872 P.;

adolēsse sync. for adolevisse,

Ov. H. 6, 11), ultum, 3, v. inch. [1. adoleo], to grow up, to grow (of everything capable of increase in magnitude).

In gen.

Lit., of men, animals, plants; seasons, passions, etc.;

but esp. of age: postquam adolevit ad eam aetatem, uti, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 47:

ubi robustis adolevit viribus aetas,

Lucr. 3, 450; cf. 4, 1035;

2, 1123: adultum robur,

id. 2, 1131; 5, 798: postquam adoluerit haec juventus, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 872 P.:

qui adoleverit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35:

viriditas herbescens, quae sensim adolescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

ter senos proles adoleverat annos,

Ov. F. 3, 59:

adolescere ramos cernat,

id. M. 4, 376:

adolēsse segetes,

id. H. 6, 11:

simul atque adoleverit aetas,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 34:

cum matura adoleverit aetas,

Verg. A. 12, 438.—Hence, transf. from age to the person, to grow up, come to maturity, mature:

adulta virgo,

Liv. 26, 50 al.:

arundines non sine imbre adolescunt,

Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:

in amplitudinem,

id. 12, 1, 3, § 7:

in crassitudinem,

id. 13, 7, 15, § 58; so 16, 34, 62, § 151;

8, 14, 14, § 36 al.: ac dum prima novis adolescit frondibus aetas,

Verg. G. 2, 362:

quoad capillus adolesceret,

Gell. 17, 9. —

Fig., to grow, increase, augment, to become greater:

cupiditas agendi adolescit una cum aetatibus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20:

ratio cum adolevit,

id. Leg. 1, 7:

ingenium brevi adolevit,

Sall. J. 63, 3:

postquam res publica adolevit,

id. C. 51, 40; id. J. 2:

quantum superbiae socordiaeque Vitellio adoleverit,

Tac. H. 2, 73:

Cremona numero colonorum, adolevit,

id. ib. 3, 34:

ver adolescit,

advances, id. A. 13, 36; 2, 50:

caepe revirescit, decedente luna, inarescit adolescente,

Gell. 20, 8.—

Esp., in sacrificial lang., to be kindled, to burn (cf. 1. adoleo):

Panchaeis adolescunt ignibus arae,

Verg. G. 4, 379.—Hence, ădŏlescens, entis, v. adules-.— ădultus, a, um, P. a., grown up, adult.

Lit.

Of living beings:

Ab his ipsis (virginibus), cum jam essent adultae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; so,

virgo,

id. Brut. 96, 330; Liv. 26, 50; Hor. C. 3, 2, 8 al.; cf.:

adultae aetate virgines,

Suet. Aug. 69:

pueri,

Quint. 2, 2, 3:

liberi,

Suet. Tib. 10:

filius,

id. Claud. 39:

catuli,

Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 22:

locustae,

id. 11, 29, 35, § 105:

fetus (apum),

Verg. G. 4, 162.— Comp.:

(hirundinum) pullorum adultiores,

Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92.—

Of things (concrete and abstract):

vitium propagine,

Hor. Epod. 2, 9:

crinis,

Stat. S. 2, 122:

lanugo,

Amm. 16, 12 al.:

aetas,

Lucr. 2, 1123; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

aestas,

advanced, Tac. A. 2, 23:

autumnus,

id. ib. 11. 31:

nox,

id. H. 3, 23.—

Fig., grown, matured, adult:

populus adultus jam paene et pubes,

Cic. Rep. 2, 11; so,

qui non nascentibus Athenis, sed jam adultis fuerunt,

id. Brut. 7, 27; cf.:

nascenti adhuc (eloquentiae) nec satis adultae,

Tac. Or. 25:

res nondum adultae,

Liv. 2, 1, 6:

pestis rei publicae (of Catiline),

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

auctoritas nondum adulta,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

conjuratio,

id. ib. 15, 73; cf.:

incipiens adhuc et necdum adulta seditio,

id. H. 1, 31 al.

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altārĭa, jum, n. (ante-class and class. only in plur.; later in sing., in three forms: altāre, is, n., Fest. s. v. adulescit, p. 5; Isid. Orig. 15, 4: altar, āris, n., Prud. steph.; Vincent. 2, 515, and 9, 212; and altārĭum, ii, n., Inscr. Orell. 2519; Hier. Ep. 69.— Abl. altari, Petr. 135, Vulg. Gen. 33, 20, ib. Matt. 23, 20 al.) [cf. adoleo, adolesco, as sacrificial terms, Paul. ex Fest. p. 5 Müll., or altus [p. 97] from its height, id. ib. p. 29; Serv. ad Verg. E. 5, 66].

That which was placed upon the altar proper (ara) for the burning of the victim (altaria sunt, in quibus igne adoletur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 5 Müll.; cf. id. ib. p. 29):

celeres urunt altaria flammae,

Tib. 4, 6, 17:

structae diris altaribus arae,

Luc. 3, 404:

aris altaria imponere,

Quint. Decl. 12, 26; Sol. 9.—Hence,

Poet. (pars pro toto), a high altar (built and ornamented with more splendor than the ara; cf. Voss ad Verg. E. 5, 66;

Hab. Syn. 129): Conspergunt aras adolentque altaria donis,

Lucr. 4, 1237: en quattuor aras;

Ecce duas tibi, Daphni, duas altaria Phoebo,

two high altars to Phœbus, Verg. E. 5, 66 (ubi v. Wagn. and Voss):

inter aras et altaria, i. e. in Capitolio,

Plin. Pan. 1, 5:

altaria thymiamatis,

Vulg. Exod. 30, 27; ib. Rom. 11, 3 al.— Sing. (eccl. Lat.):

aedificabit ibi altare Domino,

Vulg. Gen. 12, 7; ib. Psa. 25, 6; ib. Matt. 5, 23:

altare de terrā facere,

ib. Exod. 20, 24:

altare lapideum,

ib. ib. 20, 25:

altare aureum,

ib. Num. 4, 11; ib. Apoc. 8, 3 al. persaepe.—Also plur. of a single altar:

a cujus altaribus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9 fin.:

ab altaribus fugatus,

id. Har. Resp. 5:

amoveri ab altaribus juvenem jussisset,

Liv. 2, 12:

Hannibalem altaribus admotum,

id. 21, 1:

altaria et aram complexa,

Tac. A. 16, 31:

sumptis in manus altaribus,

Just. 24, 2; Suet. Aug. 94.