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masculus

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From mās ("male") +‎ -culus (diminutive ending).

    Pronunciation

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    • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmas.ku.lus/, [ˈmäs̠kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
    • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmas.ku.lus/, [ˈmäskulus]
    • Note: the /a/ of this word is presumed to be short as in the oblique stem of the base word, and not long as in the nominative, since word-formation operates on the former.

    Adjective

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

    1. male, masculine
    2. manly, virile
    3. Used of the larger and coarser varieties of plants or other natural products
    4. (engineering) a male connector

    Declension

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    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    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

    Noun

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    masculus m (genitive masculī); second declension

    1. a male (of humans or other animals)

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun.

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    (Most inherited Romance reflexes derive from a syncopated variant masclus, attested in the Appendix Probi.)

    References

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    Further reading

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    • 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
    • masculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.