jŭventus — Lewis & Short
jŭventus, ūtis (scanned as dissyl., f.juvenis,
Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 30; id. Curc. 1, 1, 38; cf. junior),I the age of youth (from the twentieth to the fortieth year), youth (rare, except in transf. meaning; cf. juventas).
I Lit.:
quae juventute geruntur et viribus,Cic. de Sen. 6, 15:
ibique juventutem suam exercuit,Sall. C. 5, 2.—
II Transf., concr.
A Young persons, youth:
quo nemo adaeque juventute ex omni Attica antehac est habitus parcus,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 29:
juventutis mores scire,id. Am. 1, 1, 2: nulla juventutis est spes;
sese omnes amant,id. Capt. 1, 2, 19:
ob eamque causam juventus nostra dedisceret paene discendo,Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93:
cum omnis juventus, omnes etiam gravioris aetatis eo convenerant,Caes. B. G. 3, 16, 2; 6, 14 fin.; 6, 23, 6; id. B. C. 2, 5, 3 sq.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 8, 2:
Trojana,Verg. A. 1, 467:
Cannis consumpta juventus,Juv. 2, 155:
alios caedit sua quemque juventus,pupils, id. 7, 213.—Of young bees, Verg. G. 4, 22; hence: princeps juventutis, in the time of the republic the first among the knights, Cic. Vatin. 10, 24; id. Fam. 3, 11, 3;
under the emperors,a title of the imperial princes, Tac. A. 1, 3.—
B Personified: Jŭventus, the goddess of youth (for the usual Juventas):
FLAMINIS IVVENTVTIS,Inscr. Orell. 2213; Hyg. Fab. praef.