effeminaris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →effemino, effeminare, effeminavi, effeminatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
weaken, enervate, make effeminate, emasculate, unman;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - Entry →effemino, effeminare, effeminavi, effeminatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
weaken, enervate, make effeminate, emasculate, unman;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...enim istuc sit, quod animum virilem ab ea effeminari dixit, videor ferme assequi; set quonam modo corpus quoque..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...fortitudinis quaedam praecepta sunt ac paene leges, quae effeminari virum vetant in dolore. quam ob rem turpe putandum..."Liber IV
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...laborem ferendum remollescere homines atque effeminari arbitrantur. Publice maximam putant esse laudem quam latissime a suis finibus vacare..."