masculus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From mās ("male") +‎ -culus (diminutive ending).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    masculus (feminine mascula, neuter masculum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. male, masculine
    2. manly, virile
    3. Used of the larger and coarser varieties of plants or other natural products
    4. (engineering) a male connector

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative masculus mascula masculum masculī masculae mascula
    genitive masculī masculae masculī masculōrum masculārum masculōrum
    dative masculō masculae masculō masculīs
    accusative masculum masculam masculum masculōs masculās mascula
    ablative masculō masculā masculō masculīs
    vocative mascule mascula masculum masculī masculae mascula

    Noun

    masculus m (genitive masculī); second declension

    1. a male (of humans or other animals)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    (Most inherited Romance reflexes derive from a syncopated variant masclus, attested in the Appendix Probi.)

    References

    Further reading

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