masculus, mascula, masculum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
male/masculine, proper to males; manly/virile; (large/coarse plants); (plugs);
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | masculus | masculi |
| Gen. | masculi | masculorum |
| Dat. | masculo | — |
| Acc. | masculum | masculos |
| Voc. | mascule | masculi |
| Abl. | masculo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | mascula | masculae |
| Gen. | masculae | mascularum |
| Dat. | masculae | — |
| Acc. | masculam | masculas |
| Voc. | mascula | masculae |
| Abl. | mascula | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | masculum | mascula |
| Gen. | masculi | masculorum |
| Dat. | masculo | — |
| Acc. | masculum | mascula |
| Voc. | masculum | mascula |
| Abl. | masculo | — |
Examples
- T
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quis me revocat? LAMP. Bona femina et malus masculus volunt te. HAL. *** postremo ille plus qui vocat scit..." Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Oebalius, Phoebi culpa dolorque, puer. CLXXIV Hermaphroditus marmoreus. Masculus intravit fontis, emersit utrumque: Pars est una patris, cetera..."- G
Liber III
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...parere si uoluisset feminam,quid profecisset cum crearer masculus?Cuius potestas nulla in gignendo fuit..." - T
Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pluribus locis nuntiabantur: in Sabinis incertus infans natus, masculus an femina esset, alter sedecim iam annorum item ambiguo..."