masculinus

Latin

Etymology

Adjective from māsculus (“like a male, mannish”), diminutive of mās (“male, man”), + -īnus (“suffix forming adjectives indicating possession or origin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mas.kuˈliː.nus/, [mäs̠kʊˈlʲiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mas.kuˈli.nus/, [mäskuˈliːnus]

Adjective

masculīnus (feminine masculīna, neuter masculīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. masculine, male (of humans or animals)
2. manly, worthy of manhood
3. (grammar) masculine (gender)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	masculīnus	masculīna	masculīnum		masculīnī	masculīnae	masculīna
Genitive	masculīnī	masculīnae	masculīnī		masculīnōrum	masculīnārum	masculīnōrum
Dative	masculīnō		masculīnō		masculīnīs
Accusative	masculīnum	masculīnam	masculīnum		masculīnōs	masculīnās	masculīna
Ablative	masculīnō	masculīnā	masculīnō		masculīnīs
Vocative	masculīne	masculīna	masculīnum		masculīnī	masculīnae	masculīna

Synonyms

• (masculine, male): mās, masculus
• (manly): masculus

Antonyms

• (masculine, male): fēminīnus, muliebris
• (of masculine gender): fēminīnus

Derived terms

• masculīnē
• masculīniter

Related terms

• mās
• masculēscō
• masculētum
• masculus

Descendants

• Catalan: masculí
• English: masculine
• French: masculin
• Friulian: masculin
• Galician: masculino

• Italian: mascolino
• Occitan: masculin
• Portuguese: masculino
• Romanian: masculin
• Spanish: masculino

References

• “masculinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “masculinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• masculinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.