masculus

Latin

Alternative forms

• māsclus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

māsculus (feminine māscula, neuter māsculum); first/second-declension adjective

1. male, masculine

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	māsculus	māscula	māsculum		māsculī	māsculae	māscula
Genitive	māsculī	māsculae	māsculī		māsculōrum	māsculārum	māsculōrum
Dative	māsculō		māsculō		māsculīs
Accusative	māsculum	māsculam	māsculum		māsculōs	māsculās	māscula
Ablative	māsculō	māsculā	māsculō		māsculīs
Vocative	māscule	māscula	māsculum		māsculī	māsculae	māscula

Derived terms

• māsculīnus

Descendants

• Albanian: mashkull
• Aromanian: mascur
• Asturian: machu
• Catalan: mascle
• Corsican: maschiu
• Dalmatian: muosclo
• Friulian: mascli, mascjo
• Galician: macho
• Istriot: mas'cio
• Italian: maschio, mascolo, masculo
• Occitan: mascle

• Old French: masle
  • French: mâle
  • English male
• Portuguese: macho, másculo
• Romanian: mascur, mascul
• Romansch: mastgel, mascal, mascel, mes-cel, mas-cel
• Sardinian: màschiu, màsciu, mascru, mascu
• Sicilian: màsculu
• Spanish: macho, másculo
  • English macho
• Venetian: mas-cio, mascio
• Walloon: måye

Noun

māsculus m (genitive māsculī); second declension

1. man, male

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	māsculus	māsculī
Genitive	māsculī	māsculōrum
Dative	māsculō	māsculīs
Accusative	māsculum	māsculōs
Ablative	māsculō	māsculīs
Vocative	māscule	māsculī

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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette