virilis

Latin

Etymology

vir (“man”, “male human”) +‎ -īlis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈriː.lis/, [u̯ɪˈriːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈri.lis/, [viˈriːlis]

Adjective

virīlis (neuter virīle, comparative virīlior, superlative virīlissimus, adverb virīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. manly, masculine, virile
2. mature

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	virīlis	virīle		virīlēs	virīlia
Genitive	virīlis			virīlium
Dative	virīlī			virīlibus
Accusative	virīlem	virīle		virīlēs virīlīs	virīlia
Ablative	virīlī			virīlibus
Vocative	virīlis	virīle		virīlēs	virīlia

Synonyms

• (manly): virātus (Late Latin)

Derived terms

• membrum virīle
• toga virīlis

Descendants

• Catalan: viril
• Dutch: viriel
• English: virile
• French: viril, virile
• Galician: viril, virilla
• Italian: virile
• Portuguese: viril, virilha
• Romanian: viril
• Spanish: viril

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^[1], 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