effemino
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See also: effeminò
Italian
[edit]Verb
[edit]effemino
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /efˈfeː.mi.noː/, [ɛfˈfeːmɪnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /efˈfe.mi.no/, [efˈfɛːmino]
Verb
[edit]effēminō (present infinitive effēmināre, perfect active effēmināvī, supine effēminātum); first conjugation
- to weaken or enervate
- to make feminine or emasculate
- Synonym: molliō
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of effēminō (first conjugation)
Descendants
[edit]- English: effeminate
- French: efféminer
- Italian: effeminare
- Spanish efeminar, afeminar
References
[edit]- “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
- effemino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.