masclus

Latin

Noun

masclus m (genitive masclī); second declension (Late Latin, proscribed)

1. Syncopated form of masculus (“male”)
   • 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi, line 4:

     masculus non masclus

     [The correct form is] masculus, not masclus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	masclus	masclī
Genitive	masclī	masclōrum
Dative	masclō	masclīs
Accusative	masclum	masclōs
Ablative	masclō	masclīs
Vocative	mascle	masclī

Descendants

• see: masculus

References

• masclus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)