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Latin
Etymology
virīlis + -tās
Noun
virīlitās f (genitive virīlitātis); third declension
- (the age of) manhood
- virility
- manliness, masculinity
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “virilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “virilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- virilitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.