interfeminium

== Latin == === Etymology === Coined by Apuleius, from inter- +‎ femen (“thigh”) +‎ -ium, literally “the space between the thighs”. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪn.tɛr.fɛˈmɪ.ni.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.ter.feˈmiː.ni.um] === Noun === interfeminium n (genitive interfeminiī or interfeminī); second declension (euphemistic) vulva, vagina (the female genitalia including their external as well as internal parts) ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “interfeminium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “interfeminium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. interfeminium in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung