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pūbes and pūber (cf. Prisc. p. 707 P.; also pūbis , ĕris, Caes. ib.), ĕris, adj. root pu-, to beget; in Sanscr. putras, son; pumans, man; cf.: puer, pūpa, putus, etc.,
I.that is grown up, of ripe age, adult, pubescent.
I. Lit. (class.): “pubes et puber qui generare potest: is incipit esse a quattuordecim annis: femina a duodecim viri potens, sive patiens, ut quidam putant,” Fest. p. 250 Müll.; Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224: “filii,” Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129: priusquam pubes esset, Nep. Dion, 4, 4: “ad puberem aetatem,” Liv. 1, 3.—
B. Subst.: pūbĕres , um, m., grown-up persons, adults, men (cf.: “adulescens, ephebus): omnes puberes armati convenire consuerunt,” Caes. B. G. 5, 56; id. B. C. 2, 13; 3, 9; Sall. J. 26, 3; 54, 6; Tac. A. 13, 39.—Sing. collect.: “omnem Italiae pubem commiserat,” Cic. Mil. 23, 61; Liv. 1, 9, 6; Suet. Ner. 43; Tac. H. 2, 47.— Rarely, of one person, a youth: “ne praejudicium fiat impuberi per puberis personam,” Dig. 37, 10, 3, § 8.—
II. Transf., of plants, covered with soft down, downy, pubescent, ripe: “folia,” Verg. A. 12, 413: “uvae,” Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 4 Mai.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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