adulescentulus

ădŭlescentŭlus (not ădŏl- ), i, m. dim. [id.], a very young man, = neaniskos (when 27 years old, Cicero calls himself adulescentulus, Or. 30; cf. Gell. 15, 28, and Quint. 12, 6. So Sall. C. 49 calls Cæsar adulescentulus, although he was then 33, or perhaps 35 years old):

neque admodum adulescentulust,

Naev. Com. Rel. p. 11 Rib.; id. ib. p. 29:

Rhodius adulescentulus,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 33:

modestissimus,

Cic. Planc. 11; Vulg. Gen. 4, 23:

adulescentulus et virgo,

ib. Ezech. 9, 6.—Also, a young soldier, a recruit, Cic. Rep. 1, 15 B.; cf. Nep. Paus. 4 and Ham. 1. Sometimes it indicates contempt: Proveniebant oratores novi, stulti adulescentuli, Naev. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 20:

imberbis adulescentulus,

Cic. Dom. 14.