I.youthful, juvenile, suitable for young people (mostly poet. and post - Aug.): “corpus,” Verg. A. 5, 475: “arma,” id. ib. 2, 518; Sil. 2, 312: mihi mens juvenali ardebat amore compellare virum, Verg. A. 8, 163: “fama,” Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 32: “ludi,” a kind of games introduced by Nero, Suet. Ner. 11; cf. “dies,” id. Calig. 17: “ludus,” Liv. 1, 57, 11.—Hence, subst.: jŭvĕnālĭa , ium, n., youthful pursuits, games, Tac. A. 14, 15; 15, 33; 16, 21; Capitol. Gord. 4.—Adv.: jŭvĕnālĭ-ter , in a youthful manner, youthfully: “jecit ab obliquo nitidum juvenaliter aurum,” Ov. M. 10, 675; id. A. A. 3, 733; id. M. 7, 805. —Hence, rashly, improvidently, Ov. Tr. 2, 117 al.
jŭvĕnālis , e, adj. juvenis,
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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