femineus, feminea, femineum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
woman's; female, feminine; proper to/typical of a woman; effeminate, cowardly;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | femineus | feminei |
| Gen. | feminei | femineorum |
| Dat. | femineo | — |
| Acc. | femineum | femineos |
| Voc. | feminee | feminei |
| Abl. | femineo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | feminea | femineae |
| Gen. | femineae | feminearum |
| Dat. | femineae | — |
| Acc. | femineam | femineas |
| Voc. | feminea | femineae |
| Abl. | feminea | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | femineum | feminea |
| Gen. | feminei | femineorum |
| Dat. | femineo | — |
| Acc. | femineum | feminea |
| Voc. | femineum | feminea |
| Abl. | femineo | — |
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...mater, Herculeum facis, compesce lacrimas' inquit, 'introrsus dolor femineus abeat; Iuno cur laetum diem te flente ducat? paelicis..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...orgia Ganges. ecce per aduersas Dircaei uerticis umbras femineus quatit astra fragor, matresque Pelasgae decurrunt: quales Bacchea..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...meus est animi, non aeris aestus, captaque femineus pectora torret amor? dum loquor, alba levi sparsa est tibi..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...visuque terribilis: superbia in fronte, ira in oculis, femineus pallor in corpore, in ore impudentia multo rubore suffusa..."