pubere

pubēre [CL pr. ppl. only =full of sap] 1 to reach puberty or physical maturity. s1339 fecit homagium in minori etate: ~et tamen ‥ Ad. Mur. Chr. 101. 2 to have hair or beard (as sign of physical maturity). Mercurius ‥ hortatu matris in Philologie nuptias transit ab adulescentia prima eo quod jam ~entes gene seminudum eum incedere ‥ sine magno risu Cipridis non sinebant J. Sal. Met. 932D.

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