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.kʊˈliː.nʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mas.kuˈliː.nus]

Adjective

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

masculine, male (of humans or animals)
Synonyms: mās, masculus

Antonyms: fēminīnus, muliebris
manly, worthy of manhood
Synonym: masculus
(grammar) masculine (gender)
Antonym: fēminīnus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	masculīnus	masculīna	masculīnum	masculīnī	masculīnae	masculīna
genitive	masculīnī	masculīnae	masculīnī	masculīnōrum	masculīnārum	masculīnōrum
dative	masculīnō	masculīnae	masculīnō	masculīnīs
accusative	masculīnum	masculīnam	masculīnum	masculīnōs	masculīnās	masculīna
ablative	masculīnō	masculīnā	masculīnō	masculīnīs
vocative	masculīne	masculīna	masculīnum	masculīnī	masculīnae	masculīna

Derived terms

masculīnē
masculīniter

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: masculí
→ Corsican: masculinu
→ English: masculine
→ French: masculin
→ Friulian: masculin
→ Galician: masculino
→ Italian: mascolino
→ Occitan: masculin
→ Portuguese: masculino
→ Romanian: masculin
→ Sicilian: masculinu
→ Spanish: masculino
→ Turkish: maskülen

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.