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
- A
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...enim istuc sit, quod animum virilem ab ea effeminari dixit, videor ferme assequi; set quonam modo corpus quoque..." - M
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..." - G
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..."