Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
virilis. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
virilis, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
virilis in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
virilis you have here. The definition of the word
virilis will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
virilis, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Latin
Etymology
vir (“man”, “male human”) + -īlis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)
Pronunciation
Adjective
virīlis (neuter virīle, comparative virīlior, superlative virīlissimus, adverb virīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- manly, masculine, virile
- mature
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “virilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “virilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- virilis 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)
- virilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro virili parte (cf. sect. V. 22.)
- the male, female sex: sexus (not genus) virilis, muliebris
- manhood: aetas constans, media, firmata, corroborata (not virilis)
- to assume the toga virilis: togam virilem (puram) sumere