membrum virile

From Latin membrum virile.

membrum virile (plural membra virile or membrum viriles)

1. The penis.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page ii:

     And at all times, now as in proto-history, the membrum virile is the symbol of creation, the ultimate basis and source of life.

From membrum (“limb, member”) + virīlis (“of a grown man”, relative adj.); compare vās muliebre.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛm.brũː wɪˈriː.ɫɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛm.brum viˈriː.le]

membrum virīle n (genitive membrī virīlis); second declension

1. (euphemistic) The penis.

Second-declension noun (neuter) with a third-declension adjective.

• → Italian: membro virile (learned)
• → Portuguese: membro viril (learned)
• → Spanish: miembro viril (learned)

• membrum puerīle