virilitas

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Latin

Etymology

virīlis +‎ -tās

Noun

virīlitās f (genitive virīlitātis); third declension

  1. (the age of) manhood
  2. virility
  3. 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.