masculinus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Adjective from māsculus (“like a male, mannish”), diminutive of mās (“male, man”), + -īnus (suffix forming adjectives indicating possession or origin).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /mas.kuˈliː.nus/, [mäs̠kʊˈlʲiːnʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mas.kuˈli.nus/, [mäskuˈliːnus]

Adjective edit

masculīnus (feminine masculīna, neuter masculīnum); first/second-declension adjective

masculine, male (of humans or animals)
Synonyms: mās, masculus

Antonyms: fēminīnus, muliebris
manly, worthy of manhood
Synonym: masculus
(grammar) masculine (gender)
Antonym: fēminīnus

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	masculīnus	masculīna	masculīnum	masculīnī	masculīnae	masculīna
Genitive	masculīnī	masculīnae	masculīnī	masculīnōrum	masculīnārum	masculīnōrum
Dative	masculīnō	masculīnae	masculīnō	masculīnīs
Accusative	masculīnum	masculīnam	masculīnum	masculīnōs	masculīnās	masculīna
Ablative	masculīnō	masculīnā	masculīnō	masculīnīs
Vocative	masculīne	masculīna	masculīnum	masculīnī	masculīnae	masculīna

Derived terms edit

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Descendants edit

→ Catalan: masculí
→ Corsican: masculinu
→ English: masculine
→ French: masculin
→ Friulian: masculin
→ Galician: masculino
→ Italian: mascolino
→ Occitan: masculin
→ Portuguese: masculino
→ Romanian: masculin
→ Sicilian: masculinu
→ Spanish: masculino
→ Turkish: maskülen

References edit

“masculinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“masculinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
masculinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.