Latin

Noun

sexus m ‎(genitive sexūs); fourth declension

1. division
2. sex; gender

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Synonyms

• (sex): secus

Descendants

References

• sexus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sexus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SEXUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sexus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the male, female sex: sexus (not genus) virilis, muliebris