masculus

Latin

Alternative forms

• masclus

Etymology

Diminutive, from mās (“male, man”) +‎ -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.ku.lus/, [ˈmas.kʊ.ɫʊs]

Adjective

masculus (feminine mascula, neuter masculum); first/second declension

1. male, masculine
2. (substantive) A man, male.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	masculus	mascula	masculum		masculī	masculae	mascula
genitive	masculī	masculae	masculī		masculōrum	masculārum	masculōrum
dative	masculō		masculō		masculīs
accusative	masculum	masculam	masculum		masculōs	masculās	mascula
ablative	masculō	masculā	masculō		masculīs
vocative	mascule	mascula	masculum		masculī	masculae	mascula

Derived terms

• masculinus

Descendants

• Albanian: mashkull
• Aromanian: mascur
• Asturian: machu
• Catalan: mascle
• Corsican: maschiu
• Dalmatian: muosclo
• English male
• French: mâle
• Friulian: mascli, mascjo
• Istriot: mas'cio

• Italian: maschio, mascolo, masculo
• Occitan: mascle
• Portuguese: macho, másculo
• Romanian: mascur, mascul
• Romansh: mastgel, mascal, mascel, mes-cel, mas-cel
• Sardinian: màschiu, màsciu, mascru, mascu
• Sicilian: màsculu
• Spanish: macho, másculo
• Venetian: mas-cio, mascio
• Walloon: måye

References

• masculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• masculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “masculus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)