moechus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μοιχός (moikhós).

Noun

moechus m (genitive moechī, feminine moecha); second declension

1. fornicator
2. adulterer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	moechus	moechī
genitive	moechī	moechōrum
dative	moechō	moechīs
accusative	moechum	moechōs
ablative	moechō	moechīs
vocative	moeche	moechī

Related terms

• moecha

References

• “moechus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “moechus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• moechus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.