Talk:pubes
Latin[edit]
In Ambrosius' this appears: "ita cum foliorum puberum caulem videas aruisse, floris tamen natura virescit". I'm not yet sure whether puberum is an adjective modifying foliorum (like stem of the adult leaves) or a second substantive in gen. pl. (like stem of the leaves of the adults (i.e. adult plants)). As dictionaries like L&S only have a substantive refering to humans and not plants (only "Subst.: pūbĕres, um, m., grown-up persons, adults, men"), the sentence should have the adjective in it (with the meaning "Transf., of plants, covered with soft down, downy, pubescent, ripe") - or else, L&S and other dictionaries would miss another substantive meaning.
If it is an adjective, then wt's declension could once again be incorrect. -80.133.100.252 01:40, 19 April 2017 (UTC)