femineus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

fēmina +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fēmineus (feminine fēminea, neuter fēmineum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. womanly, feminine
  2. effeminate, unmanly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative fēmineus fēminea fēmineum fēmineī fēmineae fēminea
genitive fēmineī fēmineae fēmineī fēmineōrum fēmineārum fēmineōrum
dative fēmineō fēmineae fēmineō fēmineīs
accusative fēmineum fēmineam fēmineum fēmineōs fēmineās fēminea
ablative fēmineō fēmineā fēmineō fēmineīs
vocative fēminee fēminea fēmineum fēmineī fēmineae fēminea

Descendants

  • Spanish: femíneo

References

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