pubes

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

pūbēs (1) eris, adj.

3 PV-, grown up, of ripe age, adult, pubescent : filii: priusquam pubes esset, N.: aetas, L.—Plur m . as subst, grown-up persons, adults, men : omnes puberes armati convenire consuerunt, Cs.— Covered with down, downy : folia, V.