effemino
See also: effeminò
Italian
Verb
effemino
- first-person singular present indicative of effeminare
Latin
Alternative forms
- effœminō (Medieval Latin)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛfˈfeː.mɪ.noː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [efˈfɛː.mi.no]
Verb
effēminō (present infinitive effēmināre, perfect active effēmināvī, supine effēminātum); first conjugation
- to weaken or enervate
- to make feminine or emasculate
- Synonym: molliō
Conjugation
Conjugation of effēminō (first 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.