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effemino
effemino
See also: effeminò
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /efˈfeː.mi.noː/, [ɛfˈfeː.mɪ.noː]
Verb
effēminō (present infinitive effēmināre, perfect active effēmināvī, supine effēminātum); first conjugation
- I weaken or enervate
- I make feminine or emasculate
Inflection
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “effemino”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.