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masculus

masculus

Latin

Alternative forms

masclus

Adjective

masculus m ‎(feminine mascula, neuter masculum); first/second declension

male, masculine
(substantive) A man, male.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	masculus	mascula	masculum		masculī	masculae	mascula
genitive	masculī	masculae	masculī		masculōrum	masculārum	masculōrum
dative	masculō	masculae	masculō		masculīs
accusative	masculum	masculam	masculum		masculōs	masculās	mascula
ablative	masculō	masculā	masculō		masculīs
vocative	mascule	mascula	masculum		masculī	masculae	mascula

Derived terms

masculinus

Descendants

Albanian: mashkull
Aromanian: mascur
Asturian: machu
Catalan: mascle
Corsican: maschiu
Dalmatian: muosclo
English male
French: mâle
Friulian: mascli, mascjo
Istriot: mas'cio

Italian: maschio, mascolo, masculo
Occitan: mascle
Portuguese: macho, másculo
Romanian: mascur, mascul
Romansh: mastgel, mascal, mascel, mes-cel, mas-cel
Sardinian: màschiu, màsciu, mascru, mascu
Sicilian: màsculu
Spanish: macho, másculo
Venetian: mas-cio, mascio
Walloon: måye

References

masculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
masculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “masculus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.