masculinus

== Latin == === Etymology === From masculus (“like a male, mannish”), diminutive of mās (“male, man”), + -īnus (suffix forming adjectives indicating possession or origin). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mas.kʊˈliː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mas.kuˈliː.nus] === Adjective === masculīnus (feminine masculīna, neuter masculīnum, comparative masculīnior, superlative masculīnissimus, adverb masculīnē or masculīniter); first/second-declension adjective masculine, male (of humans or animals) Synonyms: mās, masculus Antonyms: fēminīnus, muliebris manly, worthy of manhood Synonym: masculus (grammar) masculine (gender) Antonym: fēminīnus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “masculinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “masculinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “masculinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.