effemino
See also: effeminò
Italian
Verb
effemino
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /efˈfeː.mi.noː/, [ɛfˈfeːmɪnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /efˈfe.mi.no/, [efˈfɛːmino]
Verb
effēminō (present infinitive effēmināre, perfect active effēmināvī, supine effēminātum); first conjugation
- I weaken or enervate
- I make feminine or emasculate
Conjugation
Descendants
- English: effeminate
- French: efféminer
- Italian: effeminare
- Spanish efeminar, afeminar
References
- “effemino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “effemino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- effemino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.