feminal
Dictionary entries
- Entry →feminal, feminalis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
female external genitalia/private parts; thigh coverings (pl.); breeches (Ecc);
acc. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...credo evocaturust foras; ecce avortit: nixus laevo in femine habet laevam manum, dextera digitis rationem computat, ferit femur..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...interrogaverat an cicatricem haberet, cum ille ingentem in femine ostendisset, "latus" inquit "oportuit". Contumeliis quoque uti belle datur..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ensem Aeneas viso Tyrrheni sanguine laetus eripit a femine et trepidanti fervidus instat. ingemuit cari graviter genitoris amore..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sensim referentes, ordines et tenorem pugnae seruabant: postquam femine transfixo cadentem auferrique ex proelio prope exsanguem uidere, extemplo..."