eviratus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of ēvirō (“emasculate”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.wɪˈraː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.viˈraː.tus] === Participle === ēvirātus (feminine ēvirāta, neuter ēvirātum); first/second-declension participle emasculated, having been deprived of manhood. weakened, having been deprived of strength. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: evirato → Middle French: éviré ⇒ English: evirate === References === “eviratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “eviratus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.