Daily Ancestorjuvenis
Juvenis is Latin for a young person, usually a young man; in marriage registers it often describes a groom marrying for the first time.
Juvenis (also iuvenis) means a young person, most often a young man. Classical writers used it for adults roughly between twenty and forty, not for children.
In marriage entries a groom called juvenis is usually a single man marrying for the first time, set against viduus for a widower. Do not take it as an exact age.
As seen in a recordGroom's name in a Latin marriage entry
honestus juvenis Michael Hofer
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